'Constitution, country': Fans quick to connect Irfan Pathan and Amit Mishra's tweets on India

Fans on Twitter have pitted cricketers Amit Mishra and Irfan Pathan against each other after their tweets on India surfaced on the internet amidst a backdrop of simmering political and communal unrest in the country.

Pathan had originally posted a tweet on the morning of April 22 where he wrote, "My country, my beautiful country, has the potential to be the greatest country on earth.BUT………"

Continuing on that strand, fellow cricketer Amit Mishra posted another tweet later in the afternoon: "My country, my beautiful country, has the potential to be the greatest country on earth…..only if some people realise that our constitution is the first book to be followed."

Fans on the internet were quick to join the dots and place the two cricketers against each other.

The immediate context of Pathan's tweet can be traced to the events in Delhi, which has been the hotbed of political turmoil and communal violence. A demolition drive was carried out a few days back in the area. With as many as seven bulldozers entering the North West Delhi area and razing several places, including the exterior gate of a place of worship to the ground, despite the Supreme Court's orders of maintaining the status quo, there was unrest between Hindu and Muslim communities.

Pathan responded with another tweet on the matter a day later on Saturday:

Here's how fans are reacting to the tweets of Irfan Pathan and Amit Mishra:

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