LSR’s Gurmehar Kaur, a Kargil martyr’s daughter, claims she got rape threats for challenging ABVP
Lady Sri Ram student Gurmehar Kaur who initiated the social media campaign against ABVP in wake of the violence that took place in Delhi University, clarified her stand to people calling her anti national. Quoting whatever happened in Ramjas college she answered all the queries via another post on social-media.
“Why should I not stand for these 18 year old and 17 year olds who got beaten to pulp in the name of nationalism. Yeh nationalism nahi Hota. Nationalism woh Hota Hai - ki apni desh ki constitution ki respect kerna. Apne country mien Khud ki youth ke leye stand Lena. Apni awaaz uthana nationalism Hota hai. Ladke , Ladkiyo, professors ke baal kheechna, unhe Thapar marna, gandi gaaliya dena, laathi charge kerna, 12 baje raat ko unke PG pe raid kerna. YEH NAHI hoti nationalism,” Kaur posted on her Facebook on Saturday evening.
Meanwhile, in an interview to a TV channel, Kaur mentioned that she got rape threats for calling out ABVP.
However, the post uploaded by her on February 22 which said, “I am not afraid of ABVP”, received massive support, with thousands of students changing their profile pictures on Instagram and Facebook. The post was shared 2,900 time and received more than 3,500 comments.
Kaur, a native of Jalandhar, had changed her profile picture which now shows her holding a placard and reading: “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.”
It goes with a status message: “The brutal attack on innocent students by ABVP is very disturbing and should be stopped. It was not an attack on protesters, but an attack on every notion of democracy that is held dear in ever Indian’s heart. It is an attack on ideals, morals, freedom and rights of every person born to this nation. The stones that you pelt hit our bodies, but fail to bruise our ideas. This profile picture is my way of protesting against the tyranny of fear.”
She had also appealed to those who are against ABVP to “take a similar selfie and make it your profile picture. Use the hashtag #StudentsAgainstABVP and copy paste this message along with it.”
Kaur, who is a daughter of Kargil martyr Captain Mandeep Singh, was just two years old when her father was martyred. And this is not the first time she has initiated any such social campaign.
A silent video by Kaur with the message of Indo-Pak peace had gone viral in 2016, a year when nationalism dominated the national political discourse. Her silent video, created by Mumbai-based social commentator Ram Subramanian and posted on Facebook on April 28 last year, asking both the countries to put an end to state-sponsored terrorism and hatred, has more than 15 lakh views at present.
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