: A section of students of Presidency University, Kolkata, were denied permission by University Vice-Chancellor Anuradha Lohia on Tuesday to screen the controversial documentary ‘India’s Daughter’ , students alleged.
“We had had planned to screen ‘India’s Daughter’ as part of the Gender Awareness Week at 4 p.m. on Wednesday followed by a panel discussion on ‘repression and reaction’. We felt that the comments made by the convicts shown in the film needed to be seen and talked about. We received a call today [Monday] from our Vice-Chancellor who told us that she had withdrawn permission to screen the film at Derozio Hall [on campus],” University student Amardip Singh told The Hindu .
Commenting on the issue, Ms. Lohia said she could not permit to screen a banned film. It was not clear, however, whether she had granted permission initially.
“I cannot allow a film to be screened inside the University premises which has been banned by the government,” she said.
