What happened at Delhi University’s Ramjas College was a blatant violation of democracy. A peaceful march disrupted by ABVP members led to innocent student, professors and mediapersons being injured. Students from across the country have come together to voice their dissent against ABVP. Among them is Gurmehar Kaur, the daughter of Kargil martyr Captain Mandeep Singh, who has started a social media campaign against the violence perpetrated by ABVP.

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Gurmehar posted a picture of herself on her Facebook profile with the message: "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". 

Her appeal for support against ABVP got a huge response from people on social media and soon enough, young people changed their Facebook profile pictures with the same message, to show solidarity for the students of Ramjas College.

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Gurmehar lost her father in the Kargil War of 1999 when she was just two years old. By raising her voice against ABVP—whose main premise for the agitation was the fact that Umar Khalid, branded by some as ‘anti-national’, was invited to speak at Ramjas—Gurmehar has made a strong point. That nothing, absolutely nothing, gives anyone a right to physically attack someone. Hurling bricks at a crowd gathered for a peaceful protest march was a disrespect of democracy. The tension between India and Pakistan doesn’t give a politically-driven organization to agitate on the pretext of protecting national interests.