Wrestler Babita Phogat enters Dangal, slams Gurmehar

February 28, 2017 08:53

The fight over Gurmehar Kaur's comments about ABVP and the subsequent reaction reached a new level when wrestler Babita Phogat entered the fray.

In tweets aimed at Gurmehar, Babita tweeted on Tuesday, "Jo aapne desh ke haq m bat nhi kar sakti uske haq m bat karna thik h kya??? I condemn rape threats If log iss tarah se dhamki de rahe h to ye bahut hi galat bat h.Lekin m aapne desh k khilaf single word nhi sun sakti" (If she can't speak in the interest of the nation, why bother taking her side? I condemn rape threats. It's wrong if people are giving such threats. But I can't bear a single word being spoken against my country."

On Monday, when cricketer Virender Sehwag made a comment which criticised Kaur's comments, actor Randeep Hooda backed his comments and came in for some criticism.

When journalist Rana Ayyub took a jibe at Randeep Hooda's statement that Kaur "is being used as a political pawn" saying the latter is from Haryana and he is doing his bit in liberating women, it didn't go down well with Babita Phogat among many others. She responded to Ayyub saying "We Phogat sisters are from Haryana too. What do you know about Haryana?"

Ayyub urged Babita to speak and stand up for Gurmehar Kaur, but Babita responded saying, "Is it right to talk in favour of someone who doesn't talk in favour of her nation?"

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