On 21st October, Francesca Orsini, a British academic known for her work on the Hindi language, was denied entry into India and deported from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport despite holding a valid five-year e-visa. As soon as she reached India, she was stopped by immigration officials and sent back to Hong Kong within hours.

The incident sparked outrage in some left-leaning academic and political circles, and obvious actors published op-eds and social media posts criticising the government for the deportation without specifying the reason. The BJP-ruled central government was hounded for an “anti-academic” stance based on ideology.

However, government sources later cleared the air, and reports emerged that Orsini was blacklisted in March 2025 itself for violating visa condit

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