Former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir on Thursday caused a huge social media frenzy after he tweeted explaining his own definitions of the three colours of the Indian national flag.
Reacting to the video of CRPF jawans being attacked by stone pelters in Srinagar during elections in the Kashmir valley, Gambhir tweeted, “For every slap on my army’s Jawan lay down at least a 100 jihadi lives. Whoever wants Azadi LEAVE NOW! Kashmir is ours. #kashmirbelongs2us.”
For every slap on my army's Jawan lay down at least a 100 jihadi lives. Whoever wants Azadi LEAVE NOW! Kashmir is ours. #kashmirbelongs2us
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) April 13, 2017
His next tweet read, “Anti-Indians hav forgotten dat our flag also stands 4: saffron – fire of our anger, white – shroud for jihadis, green – hatred 4 terror.”
Anti-Indians hav forgotten dat our flag also stands 4: saffron – fire of our anger, white – shroud for jihadis, green – hatred 4 terror.
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) April 13, 2017
Both his tweets have gone viral with thousands of people liking and sharing them on the micro-blogging site, Twitter.
However, the former India opener has received plenty of flak for his controversial definitions of three colours of the Indian tricolour. Many asked him why he had not reacted on the video of a stone-pelter being tied to an ‘army’ jeep in Kashmir.
A video in which a youth was allegedly tied to an army jeep as a human shield against stone pelters has gone viral on social media, leading to an outrage with former chief minister Omar Abdullah termed it as “shocking”.
Here are some of the reactions;
If anyone should be booked for sedition its @GautamGambhir. The tricolour is NOT a shroud or about hatred! https://t.co/prA0Dfj0a0
— Sagarika Ghose (@sagarikaghose) April 13, 2017
Which country's interpretation of our tirangaa is this? https://t.co/HCps7peqPq
— Sankarshan Thakur (@SankarshanT) April 13, 2017
Saffron is for sacrifice
Green for hariyali
And white for peace …
That is the national flag.
Not anger, shrouds, and hatred https://t.co/cEHCSjspkG— Harini Calamur (@calamur) April 13, 2017
Gautam Gambhir should stick to purple. https://t.co/TKVeuYnayF
— Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay) April 14, 2017
whose lives will gautam gambhir call for now? https://t.co/hkeRk54WaF
— Hartosh Singh Bal (@HartoshSinghBal) April 14, 2017
https://twitter.com/tanwer_m/status/852811028886806529
https://twitter.com/DasBolshevik/status/852807034403643392
People like Gautam Gambhir and Madhu Kushwar are openly calling for genicide., is it normal? How can this be dismissed as mere silly ?
— Whirling Dervesh (شاہین نقشبندی) (@WhirlingDervesh) April 14, 2017
If one cricketer does fixing, the whole cricket team should be hanged too death.
Gautam Gambhir— NG (@NG_ARC) April 13, 2017
Childhood pic of Gautam Gambhir. pic.twitter.com/QpdQZq5S3D
— Humor Ministry (@HumorMinistry) April 13, 2017
What kind of a sick mind sees the beautiful white of our flag as a shroud? https://t.co/8tYIV4Movf
— Prayaag Akbar (@unessentialist) April 13, 2017
