Delhi University, once known for being one of the most chilled out campuses in India, has now become a dreaded place for students and faculty alike and this issue does not look like it’ll die down anytime soon. The brutal attack on students of Ramjas College by the members of ABVP will forever haunt those who suffered the wrath and those who barely escaped it. Amidst the fights and controversies, one student, Gurmehar Kaur, stood up on behalf of her classmates and chose not to bow down in front of these unjustified attacks. However, in return she got hugely trolled on social media by prominent personalities and common men alike. Gurmehar Kaur is the daughter of Captain Mandeep Singh, a Kargil martyr. Recently, she posted a picture online holding a placard that mentioned she isn’t afraid of ABVP.

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However, somewhere between the conflicting views on nationalism and anti-nationalism, justice for the victims of ABVP lost the battle as people started digging out instances from the past and started bashing Gurmehar for raising her voice. Last year, she had made a video where she had mentioned that Pakistan did not kill her father, war killed him; and she was trolled and bashed on the social media for those words.

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Prominent personalities like Virendra Sehwag and Randeep Hooda were on the forefront with their tasteless humour. 

Bat me hai Dum !#BharatJaisiJagahNahi pic.twitter.com/BNaO1LBHLH

While Virendra Sehwag posted this picture, actor Randeep Hooda seemed to have enjoyed this joke to his heart’s content and things started escalating after that. 

ðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ‘👠@virendersehwag 😂😂😂😂 https://t.co/IcxuewcPMP

While our beloved Viru Paji was already receiving flak for the tweet, Randeep Hooda’s response only worsened the matter. However, recently the actor shared his opinion on Facebook on how he liked “her video of peace between warring nations” and that his intention behind the tweet was not to instigate hatred against her. He further pointed fingers against “some journalists” who are trying to malign him. He also said that he is not worried about our nation’s future, because “we have such brave and outspoken youngsters around.” 

India is supposedly the largest democracy in the world, yet one cannot freely put forward their opinion without getting threatened or bashed for it. As for the ABVP incident, we want to ask you – is our patriotism so delicate that anyone can shake it to the core and cause you to resort to such violent measures to protect it?