New Delhi: Wrestler-turned-politician Babita Phogat created a furore on social media with her tweets on Tablighi Jamaat. The Commonwealth Games gold medalist had said that the Muslim sect was a bigger problem than the Coronavirus pandemic in India. Babita’s tweet didn’t go down well with several Twitter users and they even trended the hashtag #SuspendBabitaPhogat. They asked the micro-blogging site to suspend her account for posting controversial comments and offending the people.

Babita’s point of view divided the Twitter world. There were also users, who supported the 30-year-old wrestler and countered the viral trend with the hashtag #ISupportBabitaPhogat.

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Babita defended her remark on Tablighi Jamaat in her video on Twitter. The wrestler, who joined BJP in 2019, said that she received threats after she posted the tweets. She added that she is nor scared and compared her behaviour with Zaira Wasim, who quit acting last year.

"Over the past few days, I posted a few tweets (on Tablighi Jamaat). After that, I started getting threats on my social media handles. I would like to say that I am no Zaira Wasim. I would not get threatened.... I have always fought for my country. I stand by my tweets.... I wrote nothing wrong,” Babita said in her video message in Hindi.


Zaira Wasim took to Twitter and Instagram to share a lengthy post, asking people to not praise her as ‘it isn’t gratifying at all’ for her. Although, the ‘Dangal’ actress didn’t name Babita, she said that she is not as righteous as she ‘might lead many to believe’.

“With I acknowledge with humility all the love people shower me with. I cannot emphasise enough how the praise that comes my way isn't gratifying at all for me and how big of a test it is for me and how dangerous it is for my Iman. I'm not as righteous as I might lead many to believe. Instead, I urge everyone to not praise me in any manner but to pray that Allah overlooks my shortcomings- which are too many to count, and fills the void in my heart with the light of His Mercy, Taqwz and increases me in Imaan, rectifies my intentions and grants me the knowledge that is beneficial and to perform righteous deeds only for hos His sake and allow me to live and die as a Muslim (wholly submitting to Him). Jazakum Allahu Khayran,” Zaira said in a statement.


For the uninitiated, the ‘Secret Superstar’ actress had quit Bollywood last year as she felt it led her to a path of ignorance and she 'silently and unconsciously transitioned out of imaan.'

Zaira was last seen in Priyanka Chopra and Farhan Akhtar starrer ‘The Sky Is Pink’.

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