Former Wrestler Mahavir Phogat Slams Javed Akhtar For Calling His Daughters ‘Hardly Literate’
It has been a couple of days and the Cargill Martyr-Mandeep’s Daughter-Gurmehar Kaur’s video is making rounds on social media. Starting with the witty reply from cricketer Virender Sehwag, the ace actor Randeep Hooda, wrestler Babita Phogat joined the counter side.
Later, the popular wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt has joined the trio’s hands against Kaur’s ideologies.
Bat me hai Dum !#BharatJaisiJagahNahi pic.twitter.com/BNaO1LBHLH
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) February 26, 2017
And Yogeshwar Dutt’s tweet:
??? pic.twitter.com/SiH90ouWee
— Yogeshwar Dutt (@DuttYogi) February 28, 2017
Meanwhile, the gold medalist Babita Phogat was quoted saying:
“Gurmeher Kaur’s view that her father was killed by war and not Pakistan was wrong for me. It is against our nation and martyrs.”
#GurmeharKaur‘s view that her father was killed by war & not Pak was wrong for me;It’s against our nation & martyrs-Wrestler Babita Phogat pic.twitter.com/v98CwqG9mS
— ANI (@ANI) February 28, 2017
And Geeta Phogat:
If you speak agnst nation,ppl will obviously not like it;Irrespective of gender,the person won’t b spared-Wrestler Gita Phogat #GurmeharKaur pic.twitter.com/zugBlopsEJ
— ANI (@ANI) February 28, 2017
The issue now became viral after Gurmehar Kaur changed her Facebook profile picture to one with her holding a placard that says, “I AM A STUDENT OF DELHI UNIVERSITY. I AM NOT AFRAID OF ABVP. I AM NOT ALONE. EVERY STUDENT OF INDIA IS WITH ME. #FIGHTBACKDU #STUDENTSAGAINSTABVP”.
The video posted by her in early 2016 slamming both the countries went viral. In which she stated: “Pakistan did not kill my dad, the war killed him”.
Surprising the majority’s opinions, this is what Javed Akhtar has said, briefly slamming the wrestlers marking them as illiterate:
If a hardly literate player or a wrestler troll a pacifist daughter of a martyr its understandable but whats wrong with some educated folks
— Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) February 28, 2017
Soon after acknowledging these tweets, Mahavir Singh Phogat took on to his twitter handle and slammed Akhtar for his insensitive statements.
यहाँ उम्र बीत गयी देश को मेडल दिलाने में,
और वो एक पल नहीं लगाते अनपढ़ बताने में।@Javedakhtarjadu https://t.co/J4D7TuhBeZ— Mahavir Phogat (@MahabirPhogat) February 28, 2017
अपने आप को देश के प्रति समर्पण करने वाला व्यक्ति से ज्यादा ज्ञानी अपनी मातृभूमि पर कोई नहीं होता ।
जय हिंद।@Javedakhtarjadu https://t.co/J4D7TuhBeZ— Mahavir Phogat (@MahabirPhogat) February 28, 2017