Ace shooter Heena Sidhu chokeslams Malala Yousafzai on her hypocritical rant on Kashmir

Malala Yousafzai loves being in the limelight, even if for mostly the wrong reasons. Recently, she posted a long rant on the Kashmir issue over her Twitter timeline, as shown below –

In this long rant, she wailed on how children and women were being maimed and tortured by the troops, and how they were not allowed to pursue education. Conveniently ignoring the role of Pakistan in worsening the issue, she tried to present another lopsided image of the entire Kashmir issue and urged the UNGA to intervene in the matter quickly.

However this time, Malala’s rants had absolutely no takers, and many netizens slammed her for her hypocritical stance. From Major Gaurav Arya [retd.] to even the likes of Barkha Dutt, Malala was roasted for shedding crocodile tears on Kashmir while being silent on the atrocities back home –

https://twitter.com/MajorPoonia/status/1173512266815139840

However, what surprised many was the stance of eminent pistol shooter Heena Sidhu, who took Malala to the cleaners for her hypocritical statements. To quote her tweet, “Ok so you propose handing over Kashmir to Pakistan because over there girls like yourself have had tooooo good of an education that you nearly lost your life and ran away from your country never to return. Why don’t you show us by going back to Pakistan first??”

With just one tweet, Heena Sidhu has hit the bullseye in terms of slamming Malala for her Kashmir propaganda. Reminding her of the notion of ‘charity begins at home’, Heena not only criticized her for her hypocritical silence on the atrocities on ethnic minorities in Pakistan, but also suggested her to go back to Pakistan if she really meant what she said. No wonder that many people hailed Heena for having the guts to call a spade a spade, as shown below –

https://twitter.com/KSMANN/status/1173304153218723840

However, this is not the first time that Heena Sidhu has demolished the notion that a celebrity has to be politically correct in order to sustain his/her career. 3 years ago, when India was to participate in the Asian Airgun Championship at Tehran in Iran, Heena backed off from the same, refusing to accept the mandatory condition of having to wear a hijab and full sleeve clothing as a female participant. She had said, “If there was no discrimination in the world, this is how we would feel–like a sportsperson. This feeling of absolute equality is extremely addictive. And that is why sportspersons keep their sport clear of doping, match fixing, politics, unfair referees and biased rules. So why would I not object to wearing a hijab? Isn’t it going against the definition of sport? Is it okay because I am a girl?

Besides, I have a duty towards my nation as well as my sport. I chose to follow what my sport has taught me about equality. People asked me if I chose not to go to Iran because wearing a hijab would hamper my performance. Anybody who has played any sport knows that the only way to get better is to discover things that would impede one’s performance. We pursue challenges, we want to be defeated to learn, to get better. I would gladly wear a hijab if it would challenge my performance. But would I wear it and become a part of something that takes away from the essence of my sport? I choose not to.”

In a world where not being politically correct is considered as a sin, it is heartening to see the likes of Heena Sidhu stand up for what is actually right, even if it makes the leftist intelligentsia unhappy. We applaud her for her unequivocal approach and hope that she excels well at Tokyo Olympics 2020.