India, Oct. 26 -- An Indian-American student at the University of Houston has claimed that conservative news outlet Campus Reform terminated his correspondent role after he publicly opposed "anti-Indian bigotry" and announced his decision to vote for a Democratic candidate in Texas.

Vasant Bhatt, 21, made the allegation in a post on his X account on October 23, saying his decision to speak out against racism and reject the Republican Party line had cost him his position with the higher education-focused news website.

"I exercised my constitutional right to vote according to my conscience, spoke out against anti-Indian bigotry, and refused to toe the Republican Party line. My participation in Campus Reform's correspondent program has now...