There is a wave in this country, if she doesn’t flow with it, she'll drown: Gambhir to Mehbooba Mufti
Mehbooba Mufti and Gautam Gambhir
Responding to reporters, he said, "She(Mehbooba Mufti) can block me, but till when will she keep blocking 130 crore people of the nation? There is a wave in this country and if she doesn’t flow with it, she'll drown. In 2014 there was a wave, in 2019 there is tsunami and there is development".
The issue of Article 370 had triggered a war of words between the J&K's former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and former cricketer and BJP leader Gautam Gambhir earlier this week.
On April 8, PDP chief took a jibe at BJP, in response to a news article over a PIL seeking a ban on Farooq Abdullah, his son and Mehbooba Mufti from contesting Lok Sabha polls, as their "statements are against the Indian constitution".
Reacting to this tweet, Gautam Gambhir wrote, "Yeh Bharat hai. Koi aap jaisa dhabba nahi jo mit jayega" (This is India. Not a stain like you (Mehbooba Mufti) that it would be erased”.)
Mufti reacted by saying 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.
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.