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Harbhajan Singh Gets into an Exchange of Words with Veena Malik over Imran Khan’s Speech

BySaketh Kandadai

Oct 8, 2019 | 10:01 AM EDT

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Veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, like many other people, had criticized the speech of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) a few days back. Harbhajan seemed disappointed about the choice of words of the former captain of the Pakistan cricket team. The off spinner took to twitter to say that he expected Mr. Khan to promote peace as a fellow sporstperson.

At UNGA speech, there were indications for India of potential nuclear war. As a prominent sportsperson, Imran Khan’s choice of words ‘bloodbath’ ‘fight to the end’ will only increase hatred between the two nations. As a fellow sportsperson I expect him to promote ✌️ peace
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) October 2, 2019

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It was a few days after this tweet by Harbhajan that Pakistani actress Veena Malik tried to take a jibe at the Punjab bowler, going on to say “Don’t you understand English?”

PM Imran khan DID talk about peace in his speech.He talked about the reality and the horror that will surly occur when the curfew is lifted and sadly there’s gonna be a bloodbath.He clearly states that it’s not a threat but a fear
Don’t you understand English? @harbhajan_singh https://t.co/WTpjholRoT
— VEENA MALIK (@iVeenaKhan) October 7, 2019

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In turn, Harbhajan went on to mock her usage of English pointing towards an error in spelling in her tweet saying, “read before u put something in English.”

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What do u mean by surly? Oh is it surely ?? ???? lo ji dekho yeh Angreji Inki.. chill pill next time try and read before u put something in English ? https://t.co/dgaTOJplDU
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) October 8, 2019

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Apart from Harbhajan, who is nicknamed as the Turbanator, former cricketer turned politician Gautam Gambhir had also expressed similar feelings on Imran Khan’s speech at UNGA saying he was a ” role model for terrorists.”