{"id":33725,"date":"2017-03-01T07:50:13","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T07:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33725"},"modified":"2017-03-01T07:50:13","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T07:50:13","slug":"my-tweet-was-not-an-attempt-to-bully-anyone-sehwag-on-gurmehar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33725","title":{"rendered":"My tweet was not an attempt to bully anyone: Sehwag on Gurmehar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-29548\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Virender-Sehwag-Tweet.jpg\" alt=\"Virender Sehwag Tweet\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" width=\"520\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Virender-Sehwag-Tweet.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Virender-Sehwag-Tweet-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Virender-Sehwag-Tweet-150x104.jpg 150w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Virender-Sehwag-Tweet-218x150.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>New Delhi: Accused of bullying Gurmehar Kaur, whose campaign against the ABVP went viral, ex-cricketer Virender Sehwag on Tuesday batted for the Delhi University students freedom of expression.<\/p>\n<p>Sehwag, whose earlier tweet drew widespread criticism including from Kaur&#8217;s college teachers, clarified that bullying wasn&#8217;t his intention.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My tweet was an attempt to be facetious rather than one to bully anyone over their opinion. Agreement or disagreement wasn&#8217;t even a factor,&#8221; he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Sehwag also slammed the death and rape threats which Kaur has been getting after her campaign against the RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She has a right to express her views and anyone who threatens her with violence or rape is the lowest form of life,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Everyone has a right to express their views without being bullied or threatened.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-29548\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Virender-Sehwag-Tweet.jpg\" alt=\"Virender Sehwag Tweet\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" width=\"520\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Virender-Sehwag-Tweet.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Virender-Sehwag-Tweet-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Virender-Sehwag-Tweet-150x104.jpg 150w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Virender-Sehwag-Tweet-218x150.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>New Delhi: Accused of bullying Gurmehar Kaur, whose campaign against the ABVP went viral, ex-cricketer Virender Sehwag on Tuesday batted for the Delhi University students freedom of expression.<\/p>\n<p>Sehwag, whose earlier tweet drew widespread criticism including from Kaur&#8217;s college teachers, clarified that bullying wasn&#8217;t his intention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[21623,4744,264,21596,466,557],"class_list":["post-33725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket-cricket","tag-abvp","tag-cricket-news","tag-delhi-university","tag-gurmehar-kaur","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-virender-sehwag"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>My tweet was not an attempt to bully anyone: Sehwag on Gurmehar - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33725\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"My tweet was not an attempt to bully anyone: Sehwag on Gurmehar - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Delhi: Accused of bullying Gurmehar Kaur, whose campaign against the ABVP went viral, ex-cricketer Virender Sehwag on Tuesday batted for the Delhi University students freedom of expression. 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