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Sehwag had tweeted: "Bat mein hai Dum."
Updated : Sep 30, 2017, 02:04 PM IST
Days after DU's Ramjas college saw violent clashes, a Lady Sri Ram College student who is a Kargil martyr's daughter has initiated a social media campaign, "I am not scared of ABVP", which has gone viral. Gurmehar Kaur, daughter of Kargil martyr Captain Mandeep Singh, changed her Facebook profile picture holding a placard which read "I am a student from Delhi University. I am not afraid of ABVP. I am not alone. Every student of India is with me. #StudentsAgainstABVP".
"The brutal attack on innocent students by ABVP is very disturbing and should be stopped. It was not an attack on protesters, but an attack on every notion of democracy that is held dear in every Indian's heart. It is an attack on ideals, morals, freedom and rights of every person born to this nation," she said in a Facebook status. "The stones that you pelt hit our bodies, but fail to bruise our ideas. This profile picture is my way of protesting against the tyranny of fear," she added.
The literature student's classmates and peers started sharing the post, prompting students from various universities across the country to change their profile pictures with the same placard, as the initiative went viral. Kaur's Facebook post so far has 2,100 reactions, 3,456 shares and 542 comments.
Kaur, in one of her earlier videos which had gone viral in May, had posted: “Pakistan did not kill my dad, war killed him.” This led to a huge social media reaction, and even former cricketer Virender Sehwag joined the fray saying: “Bat me hai Dum! #BharatJaisiJagahNahi.” Sehwag’s reply leaves no one in any doubt which side of the debate he is on.
Bat me hai Dum !#BharatJaisiJagahNahi pic.twitter.com/BNaO1LBHLH
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) February 26, 2017
Here's how Twitter reacted to Sehwag's tweet:
Some educated 'trolls' are shivering after reading this simple tweet of @virendersehwag. Why so Kolaveri Di? https://t.co/FMiMFVM9fi
— Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) February 26, 2017
Dear Liberals,
— Alive (@Dhriyamana) February 26, 2017
Will you tolerate his FOE or even he is a Bhakt and just like them his views doesn't matter?#ISupportABVP https://t.co/1foHvDAHx5
Well it is sixer in no ball https://t.co/KoxaTCivTC
— Vijay Viramgami (@vijayviramgami) February 26, 2017
Tight slap Sir @virendersehwag. These pseudos don't deserve any better. Aapke bat aur baat me bhi dum hai!!! https://t.co/dWaknjP0m9
— Anuj Desai (@anujvdesai) February 26, 2017
Out of the JNU @virendersehwag https://t.co/Jy8myysSAp
— Gopesh (@1GBTWEET) February 26, 2017
This ball just crosses above JNU - Ramjas campus & goes for a massive SIX ! #ViruTheTrollSlayer https://t.co/kGOyelfSwW
— I.B.T.L (@IndiaBTL) February 26, 2017
You did not tweet this your phone did
— जुबिना अहमद (@ahmad_zubina) February 26, 2017
Superb Viru Pa ji https://t.co/qXWMK2oh0h
I didn't retweet this tweet, my twitter account did. https://t.co/kF4launhze
— tillu (@iamtilllu) February 26, 2017
Well done sir @virendersehwag. Still hitting centuries...even after retiring from International Cricket.. https://t.co/uQAvXCsKDV
— Paresh Rawal fan (@Babu_Bhaiyaa) February 26, 2017
Modi didnt win 2014 election, 31%voter voted him to win. https://t.co/bu9h8lot3z
— srikantasingh shahi (@srikantasingh) February 26, 2017
This is just like Superstar Rajni hitting Six Sixes in one Ball https://t.co/6Ytqw96wst
— Raghuraman R Menon (@RaghuramanMenon) February 26, 2017
With inputs from PTI