Washington:

Indian Individuals known as upon a US college to not implement a portion of one of many calls for it conceded to protesting college students – to show on campus the flags of “occupied individuals”, which listed Kashmiris together with Palestinians and the Kurds.

“It is a harmful territory for Rutgers to get entangled (sic),” Thomas Abraham, chairman of the International Group of Individuals of Indian Origin (GOPIO), wrote in a letter to Jonathan Holloway President, Rutgers College-New Brunswick in New Jersey state.

“By even contemplating this demand, you’re questioning the integrity of India. Kashmir could be very a lot part of India. There is no such thing as a separate flag for Kashmir. Kashmir residents usually are not displaced individuals. The truth is, the displaced individuals are the Hindu minorities who needed to go away Kashmir due to violence in opposition to them. If Rutgers shows such a flag of Kashmir, that would be the starting of extra sit-ins by college students who’re against such flags,” Mr Abraham wrote.

The college has not applied this demand.

“The Workplace of the Chancellor will take inventory of flags which are displayed throughout Rutgers-New Brunswick campus, and guarantee acceptable illustration of scholars enrolled in educational and different areas,” Chancellor Francine Conway wrote in a three-page letter responding to the protesting college students on Thursday.

The scholars had demanded, as laid out in her letter, “show the flags of occupied peoples — together with however not restricted to Palestinians, Kurds, and Kashmiris – in all areas displaying worldwide flags throughout the Rutgers campuses”.

College students had been protesting the Israeli struggle in Gaza as college students of many universities throughout the nation and put forth 10 calls for.

The highest demand, which has been frequent to protesters in all different universities, was divestment from corporations doing enterprise with Israel or supporting its struggle efforts and chopping hyperlinks with Israel.

The chancellor stated the college is reviewing these hyperlinks and can talk about the findings with the scholars.

Indian Individuals are focussed on the one permitting the show of the flag of the “occupied individuals” of Kashmir. “So @RutgersU has caved,” Suhag Shukla of the Hindu American Basis wrote in a publish on X.

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