Twitterati Slam BJP Politician For Questioning Virat Kohli's Patriotism

At a time when the whole country is talking only about the recently-concluded wedding of Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma, Panna Lal Shakya, a BJP legislator from Madhya Pradesh, risked the ire of the fans by questioning the patriotism of the Team India skipper for preferring Italy over India to get married and was not surprisingly mercilessly trolled on Twitter.

The cricketer and the actress, who were dating each other since the last four years, tied the knot in Italy on last Monday (December 11) and since then ‘Virushka’, as the fans fondly call them, has become the talk of the town. Eminent personalities from the film fraternity, sports and fans came together to wish the couple a happy married life collectively.

However, the BJP politician was not very impressed with the wedding being held in Italy and expressed his views while inaugurating a ‘Skill India Centre’, telling a gathering: “Virat earned money in India… But he didn’t find any place to marry in the country. Is Hindustan untouchable?”

“Lord Rama, Lord Krishna, Vikramaditya, Yudhishthir got married on this land. You all must have got married here. None of us goes to a foreign country to get married … (Kohli) earned money here and spent billions there (Italy)… (he) doesn’t have any respect for the country. This proves he is not a patriot,” he added.

Well, the Twitterati was not amused by the politician’s claim and did not waste much time in berating and trolling him once the news was all over the internet. Here are some of the reactions:

Should people ask BJP leaders before deciding the venue for marriages!!#BJP

— Nikhil Salian (@nikhil08121989) December 19, 2017

It would be good for tourism if you kept your constituency clean.

— Comrade Atticus Finch (@malayaliatticus) December 19, 2017

Election khatam, Bakchodi Shuru!

— Brahmarakshas ☭ (@AnonTHC_) December 19, 2017

https://twitter.com/Kshitizsaini3/status/943091058891558912?

? ek side u ruining our tourist cities and now u say this ! Hadh hai

— Urvashi (@500Urvashi) December 19, 2017

If tourism has to improve BJP will have to improve infrastructure not rely on celebrities marriage…..

— Vijay (@VijayVk98805) December 19, 2017

https://twitter.com/iamShah__Rukh/status/943118207744749569?

virat is not tourism minister of india.

— tarvi (@tarvi) December 19, 2017

https://twitter.com/ZahidAhmed58/status/943143950365454336?

https://twitter.com/awesome_meera/status/943086164667494400?

https://twitter.com/opinionunleash/status/943087064727408640?

Panna Lalji is nothing but बेगानी शादी में दीवाना अब्दुल्ला???

— kitsharma (@kitsharma) December 19, 2017

Panna ki tamanna adhuri rah gayi..

— Sumit Vashisht (@Sumit_2311) December 19, 2017

Tum BJP log aapni opinions Kahan se le aate ho? Sochne Wali baat hai ….

— Nadia S Ranganathan (@nsranganathan) December 19, 2017