New Delhi Feb 27 (IANS) Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju on Monday wondered who was polluting the mind of a Delhi University student campaigning on social media against the ABVP.
Gurmehar Kaur a student of Lady Shri Ram College and daughter of an army officer killed in the Kargil war launched a social media campaign against the ABVP after the violence in Ramjas College.
Kaur posted a picture on Facebook saying: I am a student of Delhi University. I am not afraid of ABVP. I am not alone. Every student of India is with me.
She then received rape and life threats on social media by some who called her anti-national.
In response to Kaur s campaign the minister said: Who s polluting this young girl s mind?
Clashes took place at Delhi University s Ramjas college on February 22 after Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) members forced the cancellation of a seminar and then disrupted a march.
--IANS
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Who s polluting young girl s mind: Rijiju on DU student
