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Swarajya Staff
Apr 09, 2019, 01:53 PM | Updated 01:53 PM IST
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Former International cricketer turned BJP leader Gautam Gambhir has taken on former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti over her inflammatory comments on BJP’s promise to scrap Article 370.
In response to a news article over a PIL seeking a ban on Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti from contesting Lok Sabha polls, the latter alleged that “Hindustanis would be erased if they don’t understand (Article 370’s importance) and there would be no stories left to tell about them”.
Why waste time in court. Wait for BJP to scrap Article 370. It will automatically debar us from fighting elections since Indian constitution wonât be applicable to J&K anymore. Na samjho gay tou mit jaouge aye Hindustan walo. Tumhari dastaan tak bhi na hogi dastaano main. https://t.co/3mvp2lndv2
— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) April 8, 2019
Gambhir did not take this comment lying down and responded that “It is India and not a stain like you (Mehbooba Mufti) that it would be erased”.
@MehboobaMufti यह à¤à¤¾à¤°à¤¤ हà¥, à¤à¥à¤ à¤à¤ª à¤à¥à¤¸à¤¾ धबà¥à¤¬à¤¾ नहà¥à¤ à¤à¥ मिठà¤à¤¾à¤à¤à¤¾!
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) April 8, 2019
Mufti as a result decided to react by proclaiming that, “hope your political innings in BJP isn’t as abysmal as your cricket career!”. She later apparently blocked Gambhir and then again unblocked him, resulting in this reply from the latter.
Oh! So you have unblocked my twitter handle! U needed 10 hours to respond to my tweet and come up with such a pedestrian analogy!!! Too slow. It shows the lack of depth in ur personality. No wonder you guys have struggled to solve the issues at hand.
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) April 9, 2019
Mufti though seems to have blocked Gambhir for good who then expressed happiness over this decision and questioned how she would block all the other Indians who are against her views.
Gambhir had earlier taken on Omar Abdullah over the latter’s demand for a separate President and Prime Minister in Jammu and Kashmir.