SHILLONG, Feb 19 - Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy today sent out a series of tweets on the recent terrorist attack in Kashmir, stating that he agrees to a �non-violent� boycott of all things Kashmiri.
In one of his tweets, Roy said: �An appeal from a retired colonel of the Indian Army: Don�t visit Kashmir, don�t go to Amarnath for the next 2 years. Don�t buy articles from Kashmir emporia or Kashmiri tradesman who come every winter. Boycott everything Kashmiri. I am inclined to agree.�
Roy�s tweet received an immediate backlash from many, including Omar Abdullah. �These are the bigots driving Kashmir over the abyss. While you are at it Tathagata why don�t you stop using our rivers to generate your electricity as well?� Abdullah tweeted.
As the tweet went viral generating plenty of reactions, a combative Roy sent out another tweet: �vociferously violent reactions from media and several others to my echoing of a suggestion from a retired army colonel. A purely non-violent reaction to the killing of our soldiers by the hundreds and the driving out of 3.5 lakh Kashmiri Pandits.�
Abdullah also sent out another tweet saying: �People like Tathagata want Kashmir but without Kashmiris. They�d sooner see us driven into the sea. He�ll be best placed to know he can�t have one without the other so what�s it to be?�
Earlier during the day, Roy has been sending out tweets on the Pulwama attack in which 40 CRPF men were martyred.
In another tweet, Roy said that the �Pakistan Army (who are handling the Kashmiri separatists) was among their own in East Pakistan in 1971.� He added that the Pakistani Army was responsible for �slaughter and rape� in East Pakistan until they received a �whacking� from India. �I am not suggesting that we go that far. But at least some distance?� he pleaded.
In another tweet, Roy said: �What Major Leetul Gogoi did to prevent being hit by pelters� stones is the least that can be done in self-defence. But that is not enough.�
In 2017, Major Gogoi tied a Kashmiri youth in front of his jeep as a �human shield� so that his men could move through the barrage of stones being pelted.