After landing in a controversy for laughing on a tweet, Randeep Hooda has issued a clarification saying that he is totally against violence but can¡¯t stand some of the journalists who are trying to use Gurmehar Kaur¡¯s name to politicise the issue and malign people.
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A few days back, amid the Delhi university row, Gurmehar Kaur, a Delhi University student and daughter of Kargil martyr started a campaign on social media posting a picture of herself holding a placard which read that 'Pakistan didn¡¯t kill her father but the war did'. The picture took cyberspace by storm ¨C there were protests and counter-protests too.
Amid all this, Virender Sehwag tweet added a fresh twist to the controversy. Here¡¯s what he tweeted:
While he was already receiving flake for an ¡°insensitive¡± remark, Randeep Hooda¡¯s tweet added fuel to the fire.
And so began a Twitter war where several celebrities including Barkha Dutt and Shekhar Gupta slammed them both for mocking a Kargil martyr¡¯s daughter.
Now, Randeep Hooda has issued a clarification saying that he has nothing against the girl, but he is against the journalists who are trying to politicise the whole issue.
We agree with Randeep Hooda that ¡°she must also have the courage and fortitude to listen to the voices against it¡± and likewise he must too, right? Jai Hind!