Mahavir Phogat Slams Javed Akhtar After He Calls His Daughters ‘Hardly Literate Wrestler’

The Gurmehar Kaur row has caused a lot of stir on social media. While half of the population stands with her fight against ABVP and her year old video vouching, “Pakistan did not kill my dad, war did”, the other half is expressing its dissent over the entire debate.

Joining the brigade against the debacle, few celebrities, including star athletes like Virender Sehwag, Yogeshwar Dutt and Phogat sisters have come out and spoken against Gurmehar’s idea of nationalism.

If you’re not in the know,

Virender Sehwag tweeted, 

Bat me hai Dum !#BharatJaisiJagahNahi pic.twitter.com/BNaO1LBHLH

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) February 26, 2017

 

And Yogeshwar Dutt contributed with another, 

🙈🙈🙈 pic.twitter.com/SiH90ouWee

— Yogeshwar Dutt (@DuttYogi) February 28, 2017

 

While Babita Phogat was quoted saying,

“Gurmehar Kaur’s view that her father was killed by war and not Pakistan was wrong for me. It’s against our nation and martyrs.”

 

Even, elder sister Gita Phogat said, 

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

And this in itself has created another uproar. So much so that the jibes that are being exchanged on the field of Twitter now have registered themselves in the category of innumerable. And one such give-take has grabbed eyeballs…

 

Recently, Javed Akhtar allegedly took a dig at the athletes defending Gurmehar and called them ‘hardly literate’.

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

 

And now legendary coach and Babita’s father, Mahavir Singh Phogat has taken offence and slammed Javed Akhtar for his condescending words. 

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

Whatever it is, the buzz just refuses to die.

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