Gurmehar Kaur row: Mahavir Phogat turns poet for a day, trolls Javed Akhtar in style

New Delhi: For many, he is the father of Phogat sisters who have brought laurels to the country.

But recently, Mahavir became a poet even as the Gurmehar Kaur-row continues to divide India.

Mahavir slammed noted poet-lyricist Akhtar for calling his daughters and wrestlers ‘hardly literate’.

If a hardly literate player or a wrestler troll a pacifist daughter of a martyr its understandable but whats wrong with some educated folks

— Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) February 28, 2017

The Dronacharya awardee took to Twitter, and wrote that “Yaha Umr bit gayi desh ko medal dilane mein, aur woh ek pal nahin lagate unpadh batane mein."

यहाँ उम्र बीत गयी देश को मेडल दिलाने में,
और वो एक पल नहीं लगाते अनपढ़ बताने में।@Javedakhtarjadu https://t.co/J4D7TuhBeZ

— Mahavir Phogat (@MahabirPhogat) February 28, 2017

He added,"apne aap ko desh ke prati samparn karne wala vyakti se zyada gyani apni matribhume par koi nahi hota." 

अपने आप को देश के प्रति समर्पण करने वाला व्यक्ति से ज्यादा ज्ञानी अपनी मातृभूमि पर कोई नहीं होता ।
जय हिंद।@Javedakhtarjadu https://t.co/J4D7TuhBeZ

— Mahavir Phogat (@MahabirPhogat) February 28, 2017

Mahavir's sacrifice to help his daughters win medals for India is made into Bollywood blockbuster, Dangal.

Akhtar was also slammed by Yogeshwar Dutt for referring to wrestlers as "hardly literate" in one of his tweets.