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Gautam Gambhir And Other Cricketers Speak Out Against Treatment Of Jawans In Kashmir
Swarajya Staff
Apr 13, 2017, 05:55 PM | Updated 05:54 PM IST
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Cricketer Gautam Gambhir today (13 April) came out in support of Indian Army jawans in Kashmir. He tweeted,
For every slap on my army's Jawan lay down at least a 100 jihadi lives. Whoever wants Azadi LEAVE NOW! Kashmir is ours. #kashmirbelongs2us
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) April 13, 2017
Anti-Indians hav forgotten dat our flag also stands 4: saffron - fire of our anger, white - shroud for jihadis, green - hatred 4 terror.
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) April 13, 2017
Gambhir describes himself as a “patriot” in his Twitter bio.
Cricketer Mohammed Kaif also lashed out against those attacking jawans, calling their attackers ‘stupid’ to think the jawans’ restraint was a weakness.
Appalled seeing the video of attack on our Jawaans.Extremely stupid of attackers to think of our #CRPFJawaans restraint as their weakness.
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) April 13, 2017
Virender Sehwag, known for being open about his views, tweeted in support of the armed forces too.
This is Unacceptable ! Cant do this to our CRPF jawaans .This rot has to stop. Badtameezi ki hadd hai. pic.twitter.com/rZbqGbXk6O
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) April 13, 2017
These cricketers have taken a position not popular among powerful opinion-makers on social media. One wouldn’t be surprised if they are targeted for their views in the days to come.
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