Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday reacted to Lady Shri Ram College student Gurmehar Kaur’s social media campaign against ABVP, and stated that she may be misguided by political rivals.
Reacting to Kaur’s viral social media campaign, he said,
Who’s polluting this young girl’s mind? A strong Arm Force prevents a war. India never attacked anyone but a weak India was always invaded. https://t.co/gXHkAGi9sh
— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) February 27, 2017
Rijiju on Sunday had said nobody has the “absolute right” to define nationalism but anyone who wants to break India and supports terrorists can be called an “anti-national”.
He had tweeted:
Nobody has the absolute right to define nationalism but anybody who wants to break India, supports Afzal Guru & terrorists is anti-national. pic.twitter.com/8aMZj5wwNe
— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) February 26, 2017
The remarks came amidst the ongoing row over clashes between the Communist Party of India (ML)-affiliated AISA and the RSS-backed ABVP in Delhi University’s North Campus.
On Thursday, Rijiju had said freedom of expression in the country does not give people right to make college campuses a hub of anti-national activity and no anti-India slogans will be allowed in the name of freedom of speech.
Meanwhile, Randeep Hooda has also sparked a controversy after he called the student a “political pawn” while responding to journalist Shekhar Gupta’s criticism of Sehwag’s troll.
@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
