- Abdullah recently said he would work towards restoring the posts of PM and President for J&K
- Gambhir responded by saying Abdullah needs a cup of strong coffee or a Pakistani passport
- Abdullah in turn replied saying Gautam Gambhir should stick to tweeting about the IPL
Pigs flew, Pakistani passports were mentioned, cricketing skills were debated and advice to clean reading glasses were given as former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and
Abdullah and Gambhir, who recently joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha election, got into an argument over Abdullah’s statement that his National Conference party would work towards restoring the posts of “president” and “prime minister” in Jammu and Kashmir.
For the former left-arm opener Gautam Gambhir, Omar Abdullah’s remarks were akin to “walking on oceans” and “pigs flying”. “Omar Abdullah wants a separate PM for J&K & I want to walk on oceans! Omar Abdullah wants a separate PM for J&K & I want pigs to fly!” Gambhir said in a tweet.
“More than a separate PM, Omar Abdullah needs some sleep followed by a strong coffee! If he still doesn’t understand then a green Pakistani passport,” Gautam Gambhir in his tweet, tagging the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister’s Twitter account three times.
To this, Omar Abdullah had a stinging reply: “Stick to stuff you know about, tweet about the IPL [Indian Premier League].”
Abdullah also brought in cricket in his response to Gautam Gamdhir. “Gautam,” Omar tweeted, “I never played much cricket because I knew I wasn’t very good at it. You don’t know very much about J&K, it’s [sic] history or the role of [Jammu & Kashmir National Conference] in shaping that history yet you insist on displaying that ignorance for all to see. Stick to stuff you know about, tweet about the IPL.”
Not to be cowed down, Gautam Gambhir had a sharp rebuttal.
“Never mind your lack of cricketing prowess but Kashmiris and our country would have been well served if you knew a thing or two about selfless governance,” Gamhir tweeted. “By the way history is always consistent but perspectives are subjective. Better clean ur reading glasses.”
Will the Omar Abdullah-Gautam Gambhir carry on? We will await the former’s reply.
