After Yogeshwar Dutt, Phogat family slams Javed Akhtar for 'hardly literate wrestler' jibe

New Delhi: The engrossing Twitter war over Gurmehar Kaur's campaign against ABVP turned ugly on Tuesday, after renowned poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar hit out at Virender Sehwag and Yogeshwar Dutt with his 'hardly literate players,wrestler' tweet. After Yogi issued a strong response to Akhtar, Babita and Ritu Phogat also hit back at him.

If a hardly literate player or a wrestler troll a pacifist daughter of a martyr its understandable but whats wrong with some educated folks

— Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) February 28, 2017

The twitter war started after Sehwag earned the ire of twitterati for trolling Gurmehar Kaur with his 'placard tweet', which read, 'I didn't score two triple centuries, my bat did." But later issued clarification that it wasn't meant for the Kargil martyr's daughter.

Later, Olympic bronze medallist Yogeshwar Dutt shared a meme, comparing Kaur to Hitler and Osama bin Laden. Then, Yogeshwar also replied to Akhtar with his tweet.

And now, Javed Akhtar's jibe has attracted a rather strong response from Mahavir, Babita and Ritu Phogat.

यहाँ उम्र बीत गयी देश को मेडल दिलाने में,
और वो एक पल नहीं लगाते अनपढ़ बताने में।@Javedakhtarjadu https://t.co/J4D7TuhBeZ — Mahavir Phogat (@MahabirPhogat) February 28, 2017

अपने आप को देश के प्रति समर्पण करने वाला व्यक्ति से ज्यादा ज्ञानी अपनी मातृभूमि पर कोई नहीं होता ।
जय हिंद।@Javedakhtarjadu https://t.co/J4D7TuhBeZ — Mahavir Phogat (@MahabirPhogat) February 28, 2017

“I spent a lifetime trying to win medals for this country, and they didn’t spare a moment to call me illiterate. There’s no man more knowledgeable than the one who has dedicated his life to the nation. Jai Hind!" wrote an emotional Mahavir Singh Phogat.

they are better than educated kannaya type who want to break IND
Education is Not qualification of Being Right
Even Terrorist today are Engg https://t.co/Cx3VRJ9Kef — Ritu Phogat (@PhogatRitu) February 28, 2017

"they are better than educated kannaya type who want to break IND

Education is Not qualification of Being Right

Even Terrorist today are Engg," tweeted Ritu.

@Javedakhtarjadu मैंने जब स्कूल देखा भी नहीं था तबसे भारतमाता की जय बोल रही हूं। देशभक्ति किताबों से नहीं आती। https://t.co/CMs1O9EZgH — Babita Phogat (@BabitaPhogat) February 28, 2017

"Maine jab school dekha bhi nhi tha, tabse bharat mata ki jai bol rahi hun. Deshbhakti Kitabon se nahi ati (I have been saying 'Bharat Mata ki jai' since the time when I wasn't even in school. One doesn't learn patriotism from books), replied Babita.

Gurmehar, a 20-year-old Delhi University student, started a social media campaign against the violence caused by ABVP in Delhi University’s North Campus on 22 February.

While criticizing her for this campaign, people resurfaced her video where she said “Pakistan didn’t kill my father, war did.”