Twitter slams Randeep for ridiculing Gurmehar Kaur, actor issues clarification
Mumbai: Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur recently made news when she had slammed the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) for their alleged attacks on students and teachers in Ramjas College in New Delhi.
Another video of Kaur, whose father was killed in the Kargil War, started doing the rounds where she holds several placards promoting peace between India and Pakistan, one of them reading as ‘Pakistan did not kill my dad, war killed him.’
Former cricketer Virender Sehwag, who is known for his witty comments during commentary and also when he trolls some of his colleagues, posted a picture where he is holding a placard which read ‘I did not score two triple centuries, my bat did.’
Bat me hai Dum !#BharatJaisiJagahNahi pic.twitter.com/BNaO1LBHLH
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) February 26, 2017
The cricketer was trolled on social media for his post, with numerous Twitter users talking about he could 'insensitively' troll someone who had 'lost so much.'
Randeep Hooda also joined in the controversy by supporting the cricketer for his post with the 'clapping' emoji.
However, the actor had to face a backlash for his support. Among other trolls, noted journalists like Shekhar Gupta, Nidhi Razdan and Barkha Dutt also slammed the actor for his comments and even got into a ‘discussion’ with them on Twitter.
@ShekharGupta @virendersehwag what's sad is that the poor girl is being used as political pawn and it seems you are a party to it ..
— Randeep Hooda (@RandeepHooda) February 26, 2017
You're welcome to call me what u want. She's no "poor girl" or "pawn." She's a strong, thinking adult who speaks her mind, handle patriarchy https://t.co/cKhgAumFcf
— Shekhar Gupta (@ShekharGupta) February 26, 2017
@ShekharGupta @virendersehwag 1)I didn't call you anything 2)it reeks of political usage of a mans child who died defending the line drawn
— Randeep Hooda (@RandeepHooda) February 26, 2017
Agree. Sad to see them mock and bully a 20 year old https://t.co/Zhfk3gYa2F
— Nidhi Razdan (@RazdanNidhi) February 26, 2017
@RazdanNidhi @RanaAyyub @ShekharGupta @virendersehwag I don't "think" I "know"she has mind of her own,also know that's not enough in itself
— Randeep Hooda (@RandeepHooda) February 26, 2017
You think she has no mind of her own? How patronising https://t.co/7FxCdxDZxD
— Nidhi Razdan (@RazdanNidhi) February 26, 2017
So when a girl speaks she is being "used"? How patronising (&sexist)to assume @mehartweets doesn't have a mind of her own. But that you do? https://t.co/1NggrZOhz4
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) February 26, 2017
@BDUTT @mehartweets @virendersehwag even if it was a "boy" it'll be the https://t.co/9K2bTa2QjZ on the other hand are being very judgemental.where is FOE?😂
— Randeep Hooda (@RandeepHooda) February 26, 2017
Right here my friend. You exercised yours. I did mine !! And that's how it should be. Argue minus mocking, threats, smear & abuse. https://t.co/1nizQLGfCu
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) February 26, 2017
Randeep later took to Facebook to issue a clarification in a lengthy post saying that he genuinely found Sehwag’s tweet funny and that he did not intend to insult the girl. He added that he was being accused of instigating death threats against the girl and that just like she had the right to protest against she felt was wrong, Sehwag also had the right to make a joke on it. He concluded the post by slamming the accusation of being ‘insensitive’ to a martyr's daughter by saying that six of his classmates had sacrificed their lives for the country.
Check Randeep's post here:
