Abdullah said Gambhir should remain silent as he had been a cricketer and knew nothing about the burning issue.
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The altercation between senior National Conference leader Omar Abdullah and newly inducted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Gautam Gambhir on Twitter took a whole new turn when, on Tuesday, the former asked the latter to not comment on the Kashmir issue.
Abdullah said Gambhir should remain silent as he had been a cricketer and knew nothing about the burning issue.
Gautam,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 history or the role of @jknc_ 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 https://t.co/2ZSHJclWkt
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) April 2, 2019
To this end, Gambhir's senior in the party, Nupur Sharma took to Twitter and reminded Abdullah he was once a hotel receptionist.
"Spare Kashmir the agony. Stick to the stuff you know about - being a Hotel receptionist," she tweeted, on Wednesday.
Spare Kashmir the agony. Stick to the stuff you know about - being a Hotel receptionist. https://t.co/8tkZr7pJVd
— Chowkidar Nupur Sharma (@NupurSharmaBJP) April 3, 2019
But Omar Abdullah felt it was an attack on his humble beginnings and thereafter began another war over dynasty politics.
He said: "The arrogance of these people. Their leader's humble origins are bragged about. My small start is something I'm supposed to be ashamed of. There is dignity in any honest job and I'm proud of how I started."
The arrogance of these people. Their leader’s humble origins are bragged about. My small start is something I’m supposed to be ashamed of. There is dignity in any honest job & I’m proud of how I started. pic.twitter.com/bFCwNgMeDX
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) April 3, 2019
Sharma replied: "Surely Gautam Gambhir is proud of how he started. So is the PM. Still dynastic-roots are not the path to political acumen."
Surely Gautam Gambhir is proud of how he started. So is the PM. Still dynastic-roots are not the path to political acumen. https://t.co/xUrIgc1CvP
— Chowkidar Nupur Sharma (@NupurSharmaBJP) April 3, 2019
All this comes in the backdrop of the BJP projecting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's humble beginning as a tea-seller as a poll plank for the upcoming polls.
In the run up to the Lok Sabha polls due in a few days, the BJP began selling paper cups at tea stalls across Delhi-NCR with 'NaMo Again' written on them.
In 2014 Lok Sabha polls, it was 'chai pe charcha' that took the saffron party to power at the Centre.