Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah has managed to become a celebrity of sorts on Twitter after he became jobless after losing power in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. Omar Abdullah who is known for giving his two cents on almost every political development, tried to speak his mind on the ongoing stand-off between India and China as he warned the radical Kashmiris to not root for China as he reminded them the plight of Uighur Muslims.
Fearing backlash, Abdullah first restricted replies on his tweet and later went on to deactivate his account. Abdullah yet again changed his mind and is now back on Twitter, thus coming a full circle.
Omar Abdullah stirred a hornet’s nest as he warned the radicals in Kashmir who were cheering for China amid Indo-China border conflict, as he tweeted, “Those Kashmiris tempted to look towards China as some sort of saviour need only google the plight of Uighur Muslims. Be careful what you wish for………”
Those Kashmiris tempted to look towards China as some sort of saviour need only google the plight of Uighur Muslims. Be careful what you wish for……….
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) June 17, 2020
China ke liye Sumo kidar nikalti hai?
— koor (@Kaeshir_koor) June 17, 2020
Any Chinese Speaking Courses Available?
Asking for a friend.
— koor (@Kaeshir_koor) June 17, 2020
Abdullah dented the narrative of radicals in Kashmir when he pointed out China’s atrocities on the Uighur Muslims. As such, the truth was too harsh to take for these radicals who lambasted Abdullah. Omar Abdullah initially barred all replies on his tweets as he feared a huge backlash. For the uninitiated, China has put most of the Uighur Muslims in detention camps where unspeakable atrocities takes place, from organ harvesting to brainwashing and inundating the city of Xinjiang with the ethnic Han Chinese population in a bid to eradicate the Uighur Muslims, China has done it all.
Despite restricting the replies, Omar was trolled left, right and centre by the Kashmiris which prompted him to deactivate his Twitter account.
Omar Abdullah deactivates his twitter handle after K-twitterati roasted him over his China tweet. pic.twitter.com/jRSuDJEN0R
— Raafi رَافِع (@MohammadRaafi) June 17, 2020
Statement like 'some Kashmiris look towards China as saviour' is a distortion of facts…employed by a jobless and desperate man seeking to cling on to powers post August 5 scenario. Worse, old tricks of debasing and using Kashmiris as expendables for furthering agenda. Pity.
— Mufti Islah (@islahmufti) June 17, 2020
In 1965, it was your grandfather Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, who met Chinese Prime Minister, Zhou En-lai, discussed Kashmir with him and received an invitation to visit Peking. https://t.co/r7lLCVsiMi
— Iftikhar Gilani (@iftikhargilani) June 17, 2020
Seeing the backlash, Omar Abdullah quietly deactivated his account and ran off after being trolled left, right and centre. He later came back on Twitter and said, “I almost walked away from here but then decided why the hell should I give you the satisfaction of believing you chased me away. Sorry to have cut short your celebrations. Have a nice evening. Go trend something else now.”
Interestingly, a close confidante of Omar Abdullah, Amir Bhat himself was found rooting for China and celebrating the deaths of Indian soldiers.
https://twitter.com/AQUIBMIR7/status/1273092767426592768?s=20
Time and again, it is proven that the so-called harbingers of freedom of speech have zero tolerance for opinions that rub them the wrong way.