Virender Sehwag was at the receiving end of a lot of backlash after he was accused of bullying 20-year-old Gurmehar Kaur.
In an interview with India Today on Tuesday, however, the cricketer asserted that his tweet wasn’t meant for Gurmehar and that it was meant as “plain fun.”
Virender Sehwag, who was accused of bullying Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur, said his tweet wasn't intended for the 20-year-old.
"My tweet wasn't intended for Gurmehar. It was plain fun, but people construed the other way," he told India Today.
Kaur, a student of Lady Shri Ram college, sparked a social media storm when she kicked off an anti-ABVP campaign in the wake of the violence at Ramjas College on 22 February.
Kaur’s display picture, with her holding up a placard condemning the ABVP’s actions as a part of the #StudentsAgainstABVP campaign, drew varied reactions on social media. Sehwag’s tweet was then viewed as a response to her:
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