Actress Hina Khan issued an official statement following a wave of online abuse and unfollow threats she received after expressing support for India in the wake of Operation Sindoor. In a long and heartfelt note, Hina addressed the backlash she has been facing from social media users across the border.
Without naming anyone directly, she opened up about the personal toll of the attacks, which included hateful messages, curses, targeting not just her patriotism but also her family, medical condition, and faith.
Hina wrote on her Instagram story, "All my life I only saw affection from across the border. After supporting my country before and after Operation Sindoor, many of you abused me, cursed me, many have unfollowed me. Many more threatening to unfollow me. This threat is accompanied by abuses, salacious and demeaning hate directed not just to me but to my medical condition, my family and even my faith."
Hina clarified that she never intended to incite hate, but merely stood by her homeland during a critical moment. "I don't expect you to support my country. You support yours that's ok, I don't expect you to understand the nuances beyond the mutual alienations. I only hoped that you will conduct yourself at least as humanly as I have been towards you all. But I guess, that's the difference," she mentioned.
In the concluding part of her message, the actress made her stance clear, "I am not anything if I am not an Indian. I will always be an Indian, First. So, Go Ahead. UNFOLLOW ME. I Don't Care. I did not abuse or curse any of you.. I only supported my country. What you say defines you. What you choose defines your ideology. How you act in tough times shows your depth as a human being. It has nothing to do with me. No matter what. I will support my country. Jai Hind."
Meanwhile, Pakistan's failed attempt to attack Indian cities and military bases came after India's Operation Sindoor, where the Indian armed forces targeted nine terror infrastructures in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on Wednesday. The operation was a direct response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.
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