Virender Sehwag’s tweet on Women’s Day gets mixed reaction on Twitter; some are yet to forgive and forget

Sehwag has batted for girl child education on the occasion and tweeted a touching message. In Hindi, he wrote, “Nanhi nanhi bacchiyon ko chaaro kitaabo padhne do saahab. Kokh se bach aayi hai, dahej se bhi bach jaaengi (Let little girls read some books, Sir; they found their way out of their mother’s womb, let them find their way out of the dowry system too).”

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A lot of people lauded the cricketer for his touching and poignant message on girl child education on this day. Many others, seemed yet to get over the humongous attention his ‘uncalled for’ tweet generated recently on Twitter.

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Here are some of the reactions his endearing tweet garnered.

https://twitter.com/ParasGhosh/status/839415533514686466

https://twitter.com/MyThoughts_88/status/839415543765479425
Going by the responses that his tweet garnered, many also seemed to still hold Sehwag responsible for triggering the huge backlash and trolling a DU student received over the DU-ABVP spat recently.

https://twitter.com/tausifjamalk/status/839419667781419008

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