The fight over Gurmehar Kaur's comments about ABVP and the subsequent reaction reached a new level when wrestler Babita Phogat entered the fray. When Sehwag made a comment which criticised Kaur's comments, actor Randeep Hooda backed his comments and came in for some criticism. While some had backed Hooda, others had criticised him and brought up Haryana and it’s sex ratio to attack him. One person who seemed bemused by the comparison was wrestler Babita Phogat who replied to one of the Twitter users saying: “Haryana ki hi hain hum Phogat sister bhi. Kya jante h aap haryana k bare me. (I am a Phogat sister from Haryana. What do you know about Haryana?)

A Kargil martyr's daughter whose social media campaign against the ABVP has gone viral, got caught up in a Twitter war with ex-cricketer Viredner Sehwag and actor Randeep Hooda who called her a "political pawn". 24-year-old Gurmehar Kaur, a Delhi University student, had started the campaign 'I am not afraid of ABVP', following the violence at Ramjas college. The campaign went viral and received a massive support from students of various universities. She posted her pictures on Facebook holding different placards including 'I am not afraid of ABVP' and 'Pakistan did not kill my father but war did'.

@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

Oye, hero, politics is a bit complicated, so don't tax your muscled brain too much, just save your energy on making more B-grade cinema. https://t.co/E8hgBDJvUc — Krishan Partap Singh (@RaisinaSeries) February 26, 2017

@RaisinaSeries haryana ke hain na. Doing his bit for emancipation of women February 26, 2017

Haryana ki hi hain hum Phogat sister bhi. Kya jante h aap haryana k bare me . https://t.co/ZWtl5fnEXJ — Babita Phogat (@BabitaPhogat) February 27, 2017

@BabitaPhogat ki jahan aap jaisi ladkiyaan haryana ko world map par laa rahi hain, wahin kuch ladke badnaam bhi kar rahe hain — Rana Ayyub (@RanaAyyub) February 27, 2017

Jo aapne desh ke haq m bat nhi kar sakti uske haq m bat karna thik h kya??? https://t.co/t4Xb0AELHi — Babita Phogat (@BabitaPhogat) February 27, 2017

While the literature student's classmates and peers started sharing the post, prompting students from various universities across the country to change their profile pictures with similar placards, Sehwag shared an image of his holding a placard saying, "I did not score two triple centuries. My bat did."

While many Twitter users criticised Sehwag for comparing a cricket match to a war, many others including Randeep Hooda cheered Sehwag for his remark, saying, "She (Gurmehar) is being made a pawn."

"Really sweet of you to encourage the hate I've been receiving. Makes me feel happy that I adored your work :) Pawn? I can think. I don't support violence perpetuated on students? Is that so wrong (sic)," Kaur said in a series of tweets in reply to Hooda's comment.

"What's sad is that the poor girl is being used as political pawn...It absolutely wrong..have a feeling it's not limited to that in interpretation (sic)" he tweeted.

"Don't call me a Martyrs (sic) daughter if that bothers you. I never claimed anything otherwise. You can call me Gurmehar," she tweeted.

Kaur, daughter of Kargil martyr Captain Mandeep Singh has approached the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) alleging that she has received "rape threats" allegedly from members of the ABVP after she initiated the campaign against the RSS' student wing.

With inputs from PTI