After Being Trolled, Threatened With Rape, Gurmehar Withdraws Her Campaign 'Fightback DU'
Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur has been a victim of a twitter backlash from the likes of MoS Home Kiren Rijiju former cricketer Virender Sehwag and actor Randeep Hooda for standing up against ABVP violence in Ramjas College. The 20-year-old was trolled and abused online with she even getting rape threats.
Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur, who has been a victim of a twitter backlash from the likes of MoS Home Kiren Rijiju, former cricketer Virender Sehwag and actor Randeep Hooda for standing up against the Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) violence in Ramjas College said she is withdrawing from the 'Fightback DU' campaign.
"I'm withdrawing from the campaign. Congratulations everyone. I said what I had to say. I have been through a lot and this is all that my 20-year-old self could take. This campaign was never about me but students. Please go in huge numbers for the March. Best of luck. To anyone questioning my courage and bravery, I have shown enough. One thing is for sure that we will think twice before resorting to threats and violence and this is all that this was about. I request to be left alone," she said in a Facebook post.
Gurmehar, the daughter of a Kargil martyr Captain Mandeep Singh had angered ABVP and other right-wing groups after she stood up against the BJP's student's body following violent clashes over an event in Ramjas College in which former JNU student leader Umar Khalid was scheduled to speak.
After he stood up against the violence, the 20-year-old was trolled and abused online with she even getting rape threats.
On Monday, she had moved the DCW, claiming that she has received rape threats.
Presently DCW Home Guards providing protection to Gurmeher Kaur. We will be with her 24*7. Hope Delhi Police urgently gives her protection.
¡ª Swati Maliwal (@SwatiJaiHind) February 27, 2017
Not just trolls, some high profile names including a union minister joined the troll army in targeting her.
MoS Home Kiren Rijiju wanted to know "Who's polluting this young girl's mind?".
While BJP MP Pratap Simha compared her with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.
¡ª Pratap Simha (@mepratap) February 26, 2017
But what came as a surprise to many was the tweet from Sehwag.
Bat me hai Dum !#BharatJaisiJagahNahi pic.twitter.com/BNaO1LBHLH
¡ª Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) February 26, 2017
Meanwhile, the Lady Sri Ram College where Gurmehar is a student said, they stand by her.
Bobins Abraham is the Assistant News Editor at Indiatimes. He has more than twelve years of experience in TV and digital journalism. An avid student of history and geopolitics, he is a conservationist and environmentalist at heart. He writes on environment, sustainability, human-animal conflict and more.
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