There was nothing offensive in Chief Minister Khattar's 'Kashmiri girls' remark: Wrestler Babita Phogat

A day after Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar stoked controversy with his 'lighter remark' on 'Kashmiri girls,' ace wrestler Babita Phogat on Saturday backed him saying that there was nothing "offensive in his statement"."Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has not made any such statement that is offensive to our sisters and daughters. I urge media to not misinterpret his statement," Arjuna awardee Babita said while replying to a journalist on Twitter.The journalist sought Phogat's sisters' response on Khattar's remark, where he said on a 'lighter note' that Haryana can now get brides from Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370, under which Kashmiri women used to lose property rights if they marry a person from outside Jammu and Kashmir."How I wish my Phogat sisters, who have inspired a generation of young women, would actually 'wrestle' with the feudal and patriarchal men of their state who think Kashmiri women r cattle they can just bring for their men! Will ...