New Delhi:
The Nationwide Fee for Girls (NCW) has taken notice of the troll storm towards Himanshi Narwal, spouse of Navy officer Lieutenant Vinay Narwal, who was killed within the Pahalgam terror assault on April 22. Popping out in assist of Ms Narwal, whose remarks urging folks to not be hostile in direction of Muslims or Kashmiris have drawn troll assaults, the ladies’s panel has stated it’s condemnable and unlucky that she was being focused for her opinions.
“Many voters had been killed within the terror assault in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam. Together with different folks, Lieutenant Vinay Narwal was requested about his faith after which shot lifeless. The entire nation is damage and enraged by this assault. After Lieutenant Vinay Narwal’s demise, the way in which his spouse, Himanshi Narwal, is being focused on social media for a comment is extraordinarily condemnable and unlucky. Concentrating on a lady for her opinions or trolling her about her private life is just not acceptable in any respect,” NCW stated in a submit on X.
“Any settlement or disagreement should at all times be expressed decently and inside Constitutional boundaries. The Nationwide Fee for Girls is dedicated to defending each lady’s respect and dignity,” the panel stated.
NCW chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar posted on X individually that some folks could not have appreciated Ms Narwal’s remarks, however it isn’t proper to troll her for her opinions and goal her with private remarks.
The couple, who had been married days earlier than the phobia strike, had been visiting Kashmir for his or her honeymoon when the 26-year-old Navy officer was killed together with 26 others in chilly blood.
Heartbreaking visuals of Ms Narwal sitting beside the physique of her husband, her marriage ceremony chooda nonetheless on her arms, had shaken your entire nation.
The phobia assault triggered offended responses on social media, with a piece of individuals focusing on Kashmiris and Muslims. In her first public remarks because the assault, Ms Narwal appealed to the nation to not be hostile in direction of Muslims or Kashmiris. “I need your entire nation to wish for him (Vinay), that wherever he’s, he has discovered peace. That’s all I ask,” she stated. “There’s something else I want to say. I see hatred rising, directed at Muslims and Kashmiris. We don’t want this. We solely want for peace-nothing else,” Ms Narwal stated. She additionally demanded that these behind the assault be delivered to justice.
However the attraction for peace drew a wave of abuses directed on the younger lady, whose world got here crashing down days after her marriage ceremony. Whereas some made vile remarks about her private life, others stated she should not get her husband’s pension. Amid the trolling, many individuals supported her and urged authorities to take notice.