Omar Abdullah reacts to Meghalaya governor's 'boycott everything Kashmiri' tweet

GUWAHATI: Meghalaya governor Tathagata Roy on Tuesday tweeted that he was ‘inclined to agree’ to an appeal by an unnamed retired colonel of Indian Army to "boycott everything Kashmiri", which drew vociferous reactions from many, including one from former J &K chief minister Omar Abdullah, who called him a ‘bigot’.
Roy, who describes himself “Right-wing Hindu socio-political thinker, writer, ideologue” in his twitter account tweeted, “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.”
Almost after an hour after Roy’s tweet, Omar Abdullah came in, tweeting, “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?”
“People like Tathagata want Kashmir but without Kashmiris. They’d sooner see us driven in to the sea. He’ll be best placed to know he can’t have one without the other so what’s it to be?” came another tweet from Abdullah.
Not to stay silent, Roy tweeted back, “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.”

Soon after, to another tweet, Roy replied, “The Pakistan Army (who are handling the Kashmiri separatists) was among their own in East Pakistan in 1971. They slaughtered and raped right and left. And they would have kept EP but for the whacking from India. I am not suggesting that we go that far. But at least some distance?”
His continued in another tweet says, “Likewise the British Indian Army did untold atrocities in the Tamluk area of present-day Purba Medinipur during the Quit India movement. These bits of history must not be forgotten!”
The governor, before getting down to thinking of supporting the Kashmiri boycott appeal by a retired army officer, reacted to a video showing stone pelters and tweeted, “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.”
Two days back Roy had tweeted, “3 yrs back Paki singer Ghulam Ali came to sing in W Bengal. I had protested. Because Pakis (Pakistan) were guilty of horrible atrocities on Hindus in erstwhile E Pakistan. Ananda Bazar Patrika immediately protested. Now after 3 yrs and loss of lives people are talking of not inviting Pakis.”

“Some Muktijoddhas of Bangladesh have come to Urs festival at Medinipur. Whoever can please ask about the condition of the Hindu women recovered from the Paki trenches in 1971. Many had their nipples bitten off,bayonets thrust into their vaginas. But we love Ghulam Ali! #Votebank,” Roy had added on that day.