In a recent interview, wrestler Babita Phogat has said that she does not regret the statements made by her a few days ago, and also clarified that her anger was directed against people who tried to harm the doctors.
Controversial statement by Babita a few days ago
A couple of days ago, Babita Phogat made a statement, claiming that the Tablighi Jamaat was the biggest danger in the country, followed by the Coronavirus.
She also tweeted (in Hindi):
“At your place it might have spread through bats, in Hindustan it spread through illiterate pigs.”
The tweet met with severe resentment, as many accused her of being anti-Muslim and instigating communal backlash.
She later removed the tweet and put out her clarification:
“What else should I call those who attack doctors, police, nurses in this crisis. I have no motive to write against any particular caste. I have written against the attackers and will keep writing even further.“
Babita also brings Zaira Wasim into the topic:
In one of her previous tweets, she wrote:
“Over the past few days, I posted a few tweets, after that, I started to get threatening messages on my social media handles, I would like to tell them 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. I posted the tweets who spread the coronavirus, I would like to ask all of you to tell me whether it isn’t true that Tablighi Jamaat members indeed spread coronavirus, if they had not gathered, we would have gotten rid of the virus by now. I will always speak the truth.“
Babita also defends Rangoli Chandel’s statement, for which the former’s account was suspended.
Rangoli had written:
“A Jamati died of corona when police and doctors went to check their families they were attacked and killed, secular media, make these mullahs + secular media stand in a line and shoot them dead. f****k the history they may call us nazis, who cares, life is more important than fake image.“
Source: Free Press Journal
