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Martyred Brigadier Lidder’s daughter, Aashna activates her Twitter account; netizens wish her ‘strength and courage for loss’

Aashna Lidder finally activated her Twitter account on Friday, following her deactivation of her account to remain beside her family since the loss.

New Delhi: Aashna Lidder, the daughter of late Brigadier Lakhbinder Singh Lidder was targeted to trolling just after her father died in the IAF chopper crash along with Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika, and 11 others. Even before the last rites of her father were performed, Aashna was targeted to social media bullying.

Netizens targeted Aashna Lidder after “going through” her Twitter account and trolled her for being “opinionated” and “woke.” Following the trolling, her account was deactivated.

“Woke” is a term used to indicate people who are politically and culturally aware.

However, after a break of some days, Aashna finally activated her Twitter account on Friday. She took to Twitter, to showcase the reason for her deactivation, stating, “Gratitude surges through me as I thank the nation for mourning the loss of my father with us… The biggest consolation I have is it, isn’t my loss alone, it’s our loss. Had de-activated my twitter on my own, to spend time with family and away from any distraction.”

Several Twitterati welcomed her back and wished her all strength and courage for her loss. Priyanka Chaturvedi, MP of Rajya Sabha wrote, “Wish you strength&courage! Shine on. Happy to see you back on Twitter..!”One of the users stated, “God bless you child,we are indebted to you and of course your father forever,” while another one wrote, “May God bless you and Mahakal fullfil your dreams. Stay blessed. We all are proud on your father.”

Here are some of the reactions of the netizens: