Chandigarh: Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Wednesday chided Pakistan minister Fawad Chaudhary over his recent provocative remarks concerning Punjabis in Indian Army saying it shows his 'frustrations' and 'nefarious designs'.
Chaudhry received a lot of flak from Indian leaders and netizens over his recent comments that Punjabis who are the part of Indian Army should deny duty in Kashmir.
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh also hit out at Chaudhry over his remarks on twitter and asked him to stop trying to interfere in India's internal affairs.
This all began on Tuesday afternoon when Chaudhry took to Twitter to ask all 'Punjabis in the Indian Army to refuse to be part of injustice and deny duty in Kashmir'.
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ਮੈਂ ਇੰਡੀਅਨ ਆਰਮੀ ਵਿਚ ਸਾਰੇ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਜਵਾਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਬੇਨਤੀ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ ਕਿ ਇੰਡੀਅਨ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਦੇ ਮਜ਼ਲੂਮ ਕਸ਼ਮੀਰੀਆਂ ਤੇ ਹੋ ਰਹੇ ਜ਼ੁਲਮ ਦੇ ਖ਼ਿਲਾਫ਼ ਆਪਣੀ ਆਰਮੀ ਡਿਊਟੀ ਤੋਂ ਇਨਕਾਰ ਕਰ ਦਿਓ !!
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) August 13, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
I appeal to all Punjabis in Indian army to refuse to be part of injustice/zulm and deny duty in Kashmir
">ਮੈਂ ਇੰਡੀਅਨ ਆਰਮੀ ਵਿਚ ਸਾਰੇ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਜਵਾਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਬੇਨਤੀ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ ਕਿ ਇੰਡੀਅਨ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਦੇ ਮਜ਼ਲੂਮ ਕਸ਼ਮੀਰੀਆਂ ਤੇ ਹੋ ਰਹੇ ਜ਼ੁਲਮ ਦੇ ਖ਼ਿਲਾਫ਼ ਆਪਣੀ ਆਰਮੀ ਡਿਊਟੀ ਤੋਂ ਇਨਕਾਰ ਕਰ ਦਿਓ !!
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) August 13, 2019
I appeal to all Punjabis in Indian army to refuse to be part of injustice/zulm and deny duty in Kashmirਮੈਂ ਇੰਡੀਅਨ ਆਰਮੀ ਵਿਚ ਸਾਰੇ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਜਵਾਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਬੇਨਤੀ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ ਕਿ ਇੰਡੀਅਨ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਦੇ ਮਜ਼ਲੂਮ ਕਸ਼ਮੀਰੀਆਂ ਤੇ ਹੋ ਰਹੇ ਜ਼ੁਲਮ ਦੇ ਖ਼ਿਲਾਫ਼ ਆਪਣੀ ਆਰਮੀ ਡਿਊਟੀ ਤੋਂ ਇਨਕਾਰ ਕਰ ਦਿਓ !!
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) August 13, 2019
I appeal to all Punjabis in Indian army to refuse to be part of injustice/zulm and deny duty in Kashmir
Responding to it, Harsimrat said that Chaudhry's tweet showed his frustrations and nefarious designs. She also chided the minister by saying that Punjabi soldiers did not need lessons in line of duty from him.
"Pak minister's desperate tweet asking Punjabi Army Jawans to refuse duty in Kashmir exposes their frustration n nefarious designs. Punjabis are patriots for whom NO sacrifice is too great when it comes to their nation. @fawadchaudhry we don't need lessons in line of duty from you," she tweeted.
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Pak minister's desperate tweet asking Punjabi Army Jawans to refuse duty in Kashmir exposes their frustration n nefarious designs. Punjabis are patriots for whom NO sacrifice is too great when it comes to their nation. @fawadchaudhry we don’t need lessons in line of duty frm you. pic.twitter.com/pVPqAmXv7e
— Harsimrat Kaur Badal (@HarsimratBadal_) August 13, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">Pak minister's desperate tweet asking Punjabi Army Jawans to refuse duty in Kashmir exposes their frustration n nefarious designs. Punjabis are patriots for whom NO sacrifice is too great when it comes to their nation. @fawadchaudhry we don’t need lessons in line of duty frm you. pic.twitter.com/pVPqAmXv7e
— Harsimrat Kaur Badal (@HarsimratBadal_) August 13, 2019Pak minister's desperate tweet asking Punjabi Army Jawans to refuse duty in Kashmir exposes their frustration n nefarious designs. Punjabis are patriots for whom NO sacrifice is too great when it comes to their nation. @fawadchaudhry we don’t need lessons in line of duty frm you. pic.twitter.com/pVPqAmXv7e
— Harsimrat Kaur Badal (@HarsimratBadal_) August 13, 2019
Chaudhry retorted within hours with an acerbic tweet.
"Looking forward to see you at opening of Kartarpur, and don't be puppet of #ModiSarkar westIndia Company must not be allowed to occupy land of #MaharajaRanjeetSingh," tweeted Hussain.
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Looking forward to see you at opening of Kartarpur, and dont be puppet of #ModiSarkar westIndia Company must not be allowed to occupy land of #MaharajaRanjeetSingh https://t.co/vsS3txZWfL
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) August 13, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">Looking forward to see you at opening of Kartarpur, and dont be puppet of #ModiSarkar westIndia Company must not be allowed to occupy land of #MaharajaRanjeetSingh https://t.co/vsS3txZWfL
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) August 13, 2019Looking forward to see you at opening of Kartarpur, and dont be puppet of #ModiSarkar westIndia Company must not be allowed to occupy land of #MaharajaRanjeetSingh https://t.co/vsS3txZWfL
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) August 13, 2019
The war of words between the two leaders began after India revoked the provisions under Article 370, which gives special status to people of Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan downgraded diplomatic ties with India and protested Indian government decision but, India has maintained that it is its internal matter.
Harsimrat was not the only one who engaged in a Twitter war with Fawad, who instead of celebrating his country's 73 Independence day was busy tackling the pro-India tweets.
A Twitterati reacted to his post on Punjabi jawans and said: "Do not feel bad If Indian PM calls Balloch Pashtoons n others to go for Freedom".
