The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, on Monday warned students and employees against showing their “ affinity with political movement like the one currently in public utterance and in public criticism”, The Indian Express reported. In an advisory, the institute “politely reminded” students and employees that, under its notified conduct rules, they could not participate in political discussions or activities without permission. Purported screenshots of the advisory were widely shared on social media, including by Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra. After the advisory drew criticism online, IIT Roorkee said that it was an internal communication circulated among students, faculty and staff at the start of every academic session, ANI reported. “The communication should not be misinterpreted or viewed out of context,” the institute told the news agency.