‘I really like India’: Goan who supported Pak cricket workforce backtracks after protests

Days after a video of a middle-aged guy in Goa claiming allegiance to Pakistan for being a Muslim went viral on social media, locals in Calangute the city gheraoed and faced the accused.

In a video shared by way of well-liked Twitter person Madhur Singh on Friday (February 24), the locals may well be observed asking the person to carry his ears and apologise for his behaviour.

“I really like India baba, I truly love India,” he used to be heard pronouncing with folded palms. The person used to be additionally observed reluctantly chanting ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ together with his co-religionists, dressed in a cranium cap.

The person who used to be supporting Pakistan in Goa percent.twitter.com/jE8IidAf9K

— Madhur Singh (@ThePlacardGuy) February 24, 2023

In some other video that has now come to mild, some locals had been observed wondering an aged guy and the onlookers about their ‘alleged fortify for ‘love’ for India’s arch-rival, Pakistan.

“For those who like Pakistan, then, why are you continue to right here? Pass to Pakistan then,” mentioned one native. Every other native cautioned, “If I ever pay attention Pakistan Zindabad slogans right here, then, I can in my view escort everybody to the border. Your store might be close.”

“You guys come right here and do that as a result of we locals don’t object,” some other guy used to be heard pronouncing.

Goa me Pakistan
Goa ka situation dekho percent.twitter.com/1aMh6xKLH6

— Aamita Ssinnggaa (@ssinnggaa) February 25, 2023
The Background of the Controversy

On February 22 morning, trip vlogger Davud Akhundzada took to Twitter to percentage a video of Goa citizens supporting Pakistan throughout a cricket fit in opposition to New Zealand.

The video, which went viral on social media, confirmed Davud interacting with a couple of males in Calangute Bazar within the North Goa district. The trip vlogger noticed that the lads had been gazing a cricket fit between Pakistan and New Zealand.

“You might be cheering for New Zealand?”, Davud inquired. A center-aged guy, sitting on a chair, promptly spoke back, “Pakistan.” On being requested in regards to the particular explanation why for supporting India’s arch-rival, he emphasized, “That is Muslim space.”

This Is How Indians Give a boost to Pakistan In Goa, India ??#Go back and forth #India percent.twitter.com/jlrVJQJ51z

— Davud Akhundzada (@Davud_Akh) February 22, 2023

Davud, who hails from Prague within the Czech Republic, used to be stunned by way of the reaction. “Attention-grabbing that they’re cheering for Pakistan in India within the bazaar in Goa in opposition to New Zealand,” he added.

The video used to be at the start posted by way of Davud Akhundzada on his respectable Youtube channel on December 26, 2022. Within the longer model of the video, the middle-aged guy may well be heard pronouncing, “That is all Muslim space. All Pakistanis.”

“And you’re sitting within the bar…Great guys, experience,” the trip vlogger reminded him that alcohol is against the law in Islam. Within the caption of his video, Davud wrote, “This used to be very sudden for me to look. However it’s the truth that I need to percentage the entire tale without a edits.”

As according to the fit fixtures of the Pakistani cricket workforce, it’s transparent that the video used to be at the start recorded on November 9 final 12 months i.e. throughout the first semi-final fit of the ICC Males’s T20 International Cup.