Anupam Kher should be kicked out of BJP for using Guru Gobind Singh's words to describe Sambit Patra: Bittu

Tribune Web Desk
Chandigarh, July 2

Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu on Thursday strongly rebuked actor Anupam Kher for using the “sacred words of Guru Gobind Singh” to describe Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Sambit Patra.

सवा लाख से एक भिडा दूँ !:) @sambitswaraj

— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPKher) July 1, 2020

On Wednesday, Kher tweeted: “सवा लाख से एक भिडा दूँ !:) @sambitswaraj.”

Kher’s tweet seemed to reference the fact that Patra was heavily criticised on social media after he posted a picture of a child sitting on his grandfather— who was shot dead in Kashmir on Wednesday—with the caption: “PULITZER LOVERS ??”

PULITZER LOVERS ?? pic.twitter.com/Mvau0UAyux

— Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj) July 1, 2020

Do you not have an iota of empathy left in you?? https://t.co/PJYT4uZZbj

— Dia Mirza (@deespeak) July 1, 2020

This vile disgrace of a human being is a "doctor"?

Apni ghinoni soch ki sachchaii dikhaadi aapne, Patra-ji. https://t.co/MaXmF29Yv9

— VISHAL DADLANI (@VishalDadlani) July 1, 2020

Bittu called Kher’s tweet an attempt by RSS to dilute the “strong tenets of Sikhism.”

He tweeted: “How dare @AnupamPKher use sacred words of Guru Gobind Singh ji to describe the spokesperson of BJP. It spoils the martial image of Sikhs. It is a bid of RSS to dilute strong tenets of Sikhism. PM Modi should tender immediate apology and kick out Kher and his wife from bjp.”

How dare @AnupamPKher use sacred words of Guru Gobind Singh ji to describe the spokesperson of BJP. It spoils the martial image of Sikhs. It is a bid of RSS to dilute strong tenets of Sikhism. PM Modi should tender immediate apology and kick out Kher and his wife from bjp. pic.twitter.com/VGSt4v3gPa

— Ravneet Singh Bittu (@RavneetBittu) July 2, 2020

Kher later apologised for the tweet.

अपने पिछले एक ट्वीट में मैंने ग़लत लिखा था।उसके लिए क्षमाप्रार्थी हूँ।सही जज़्बात और शब्द।

“सवा लाख से एक लड़ाऊ,
तभी गोबिन्द सिंह नाम कहाँऊ!!”🙏🙏

— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPKher) July 2, 2020

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