Vij says Gurmehar supporters should be thrown out of India
CHANDIGARH: Haryana’s outspoken minister Anil Vij on Wednesday said those supporting Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur for her campaign against the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), were “proPakistan” and “should be thrown out of the country”.
“It is very wrong and condemnable that Gurmehar has tried to do politics over her father’s martyrdom,” Vij, a five-time MLA, told reporters on the sidelines of the state assembly session. “Pakistan, ever since its inception, has been fighting direct or proxy war with India. A martyr’s daughter is giving a clean chit to Pakistan, which is not appropriate. Such people have no right to live here and should be thrown out of the country,” he further said.
Vij added that those supporting Gurmehar were pro-Pakistan, too, and should be thrown out of the country. The minister earlier tweeted, “People supporting #GurmeharKaur blaming war for her #Kargilmartyr father are Pro #Pakistan should be thrown out of #India.”
Notably, 20-year-old Kaur landed in controversy after she launched a social media campaign against the ABVP. She drew threats of rape, allegedly by ABVP activists, and was ridiculed by a Union minister, a BJP MP and former cricketer Virender Sehwag.
Last month, Vij had courted controversy with his remarks that Mahatma Gandhi’s image did not help Khadi and caused devaluation of currency, sparking widespread outrage. HTC