Protesting DU students represent India, not Virender Sehwag who played for BCCI: Umar Khalid

In a sensational facebook post, JNU student Umar Khalid has claimed that noted cricketer Virender Sehwag only played for BCCI and doesn't represent India. Khalid whose name cropped up in the JNU row last year claimed that  thousands of students and teachers who came out in Delhi University today, represent India - a vision of a New India based on equality, justice and freedom! 

 Former Team India batsman Virender Sehwag, whose tweet trolling DU student Gurmehar Kaur triggered an outrage on social media, today claimed his post was "plain fun" but was misconstrued. However, Olympic medalist Yogeshwar Dutt and wrestler sisters Geeta and Babita Phogat, joined the bandwagon of celebrities who took to social media to question Kaur's views.

Kaur, 20, had started the campaign 'I am not afraid of ABVP', following the violence at Ramjas College. The campaign went viral and received massive support from students of various universities. She posted her pictures on Facebook holding different placards including 'I am not afraid of ABVP' and 'Pakistan did not kill my father but war did'.

While the literature student's classmates and peers started sharing the post, prompting students from various universities across the country to change their profile pictures with similar placards, Sehwag shared an image of his holding a placard saying, "I did not score two triple centuries. My bat did."

After his post created a social media flurry, Sehwag today clarified, "My tweet wasn't intended for Gurmehar. It was plain fun but people construed the other way." Dutt posted an image of Kaur along with Adolf Hitler, Osama bin Laden and a black buck.

Here's Umar Khalid's full post: 

With agency inputs