Brigadier Lidder's Daughter Deleted Twitter Account Due To Trolling?

Aashna Lidder, the daughter Brigadier LS Lidder was seen performing the last rites of her father on Friday. Brig Lidder was among the 13 people who were killed in the Indian Air Force helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu.

Later in the day, some corners of Twitter were seen discussing Aashna Lidder's Twitter activities. Many claimed that Lidder is 'woke' as she liked many tweets of Congress and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. A screenshot of of Twitter thread doing rounds on the microblogging has two people talking about how "military kids can end being woke".

One guy replies, "Mr Lidder's daughter is woke too, just checked her profile." A verified journalist Arvind Gunasekhar tweeted a screenshot of a deactivated profile named Aashna Lidder. He wrote, "This is what right wing/ hate groups achieved today. Aashna Lidder has deactivated her account."It is not confirmed that the twitter account with Aashna Lidder is of Brigadier Lidder's daughter. Even if it was her account, she has not made it clear that she was trolled on social media for her tweets.

Shiv Sena party leader Priyanka Chaturvedi also tweeted about it. She

17 year old,grieving yet holding strong,has just cremated her father,a decorated army officer,is being trolled for her views,they want to moderate her woke-ism,military train compulsorily,want her to be corrected. In the process got her to delete her account. How low will you go?

— Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳 (@priyankac19) December 10, 2021 "7 year old,grieving yet holding strong,has just cremated her father,a decorated army officer,is being trolled for her views,they want to moderate her woke-ism, military train compulsorily, want her to be corrected. In the process got her to delete her account. How low will you go?"

A tweet doing rounds on social media has screenshot of tweet from a account named Aashna Lidder criticising UP CM Yogi Adithyanath. A user claimed that right wing users started trolling Lidder on the tweet so she had to deactivate her account.

Picture credit: Twitter screegrab

Another Twitter user wrote, "Aashna Lidder opposes BJP and leans towards INC on an ideological level as she believes in freedom, progressiveness, and inclusiveness. She should be respectfully asked if she wants to join politics after time heals her wounds. India needs people like her."

A mournful video of her and her mother bidding goodbye to Brigadier Lidder at Delhi's Brar crematorium has been circulating on social media.

The teenage girl was seen weeping on her father's casket while offering him rose petals. While speaking to the media, she said, "I am going to be 17. So he was with me for 17 years, we will go ahead with happy memories. It’s a national loss. My father was a hero, my best friend. Maybe it was destined and better things will come our way. He was my biggest motivator,"