Safoora Zargar is an activist who was incarcerated for participating in anti-CAA protests, this, in spite of being 3 months pregnant at that time. Deeply misogynistic rumours and posts were spread on social media by right-wing trolls in a bid to defame her. In August 2022, Safoora alleged that the Jamia Millia Islamia University was cancelling her admission by not extending the time allotted to her for submitting her thesis. Alleging discrimination, she also claimed that the university administration had used derogatory words to turn her away and called her a ‘dangai’ (rioter). This comes after the UGC May 2022 guideline permitting universities and higher education institutions to give an extension of up to six months beyond 30 June for M.Phil or Ph.D. thesis submissions on a case-by-case basis after reviewing a student’s work.
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