'Butcher of Gujarat' - FM Bilawal trends on Twitter after befitting reply to Indian counterpart
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'Butcher of Gujarat' - FM Bilawal trends on Twitter after befitting reply to Indian counterpart
LAHORE (Web Desk) - Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari is being appreciated on social media for his befitting response to his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar for calling Pakistan the “epicentre of terrorism”.
The foreign ministers of nuclear-armed neigbours traded heated barbs after a meeting of the United Nations Security Council in New York earlier this week. Speaking to reporters after the UN meeting, Mr Jaishankar called Pakistan the “epicentre of terrorism”.
When the Pakistani foreign minister was asked to respond to Indian counterpart’s allegation, he said: “I want to tell India that Osama bin Laden has been killed while the butcher of Gujarat is still alive and he is the prime minister of India”.
Indian PM Narendra Modi was the chief minister of the state of Gujarat in 2002 when a number of Muslims were killed in religious riots. Modi was blamed for taking no action against the incident. Until his election as prime minister of Indian in 2014, he was not allowed to enter the United States due to the Gujarat incident.
The reply of the Pakistani foreign minister is being widely shared on social media as “Bilwal” has become a trend on Twitter.
A user wrote: “I have lots of political differences with Bilawal Zardari s politics but I really appreciate him for giving a befitting reply to India. Give credit where credit is due!!”.
I have lots of political differences with Bilawal Zardari s politics but i really appreciate him for giving a befitting reply to India. Give credit where credit is duepic.twitter.com/QJ1t3EPY6f
— Saith Abdullah (@SaithAbdullah99) December 16, 2022
Good job BhuttoZardari That s the way!!! Reality chexk for India, USA and UN. Modi shocked... Bilawal rocked pic.twitter.com/nGiBFyAY5m
— Ovais Mangalwala (@ovaismangalwala) December 16, 2022
I might not agree on many political issues with Bilawal but his recent statement in which he called Modi as "Butcher of Gujarat" is not a wrong statement. Whole world knows Modi was banned entering US until he became PM. US then had to lift up this ban because of diplomatic reasons.
— Sehar Shinwari (@SeharShinwari) December 16, 2022
“Butcher of Gujarat”. Damn! Most of our people have NO idea how AMAZING & INTENSE Bilawal Bhutto’s speech was. This is how you reply to India. I’m a PML-N supporter, but man what a speech… Super proud of @BBhuttoZardari pic.twitter.com/FXxMfo30nJ
— Saad Kaiser (@TheSaadKaiser) December 16, 2022
Meanwhile, the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) has announced that it will hold protest across India against Bilawal s statement.
