Ali Amin Gandapur, federal minister for Kashmir affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan, is under fire after a video goes viral in which Gandapur is sitting on the passenger seat while a minor drives the jeep.
Journalist Mansoor Ali Khan Tweeted the video of the minister and the video is ever since frenzied with public criticism.
علی امین گنڈاپور ایک بچے کو گاڑی چلوا رہے ہیں۔ پریشان نہ ہوں، ابھی ہمارے انصافی بھائی اس کی بھی کرامات بیان کریں گے۔ pic.twitter.com/CI8gzoMpSZ
— Mansoor Ali Khan (@_Mansoor_Ali) March 28, 2021
Following replies were posted mocking the illegal move by the minister.
علی امین گنڈا پور سے ابھی بات ہوئی تو میرے سوال پر انہوں نے جوابی سوال کر دیا 👇
— Adeel Ahsan (@syedadeelahsan) March 28, 2021
زمین میری، بیٹا میرا، گاڑی میری تو پھر تکلیف کسی اور کو کیوں؟
To which Ali Amin Gandapur tweeted replying,
Traffic rules / laws don’t apply on private lands fields upgrade ur knowledge instead of criticising others pls mind ur own businesses instead of discussing non issues and personal issues on which u have no knowledge people who abused and wrote negatively must say sorry
— Ali Amin Khan Gandapur (@AliAminKhanPTI) March 29, 2021
Gandapur replied to the journalist on the post saying,
Firstly traffic law applies on road , highway or motorway so no law is violated upgrade ur knowledge secondly it’s my own land my own vehicle and my own son and thirdly grow up mr mansoor ali khan and others who negatively commented and mind ur own businesses
— Ali Amin Khan Gandapur (@AliAminKhanPTI) March 29, 2021
It can be seen in the video that Gandapur is bobbing his head to the beat of ‘Shenai’ by DJ Kantik while his son drives the vehicle and two other grown men sit in the backseat. Putting aside the strange music choice, the son in question doesn’t look a day over 10, let alone 18 years old. But then the law doesn’t apply to our ministers, especially when they’re on their own land, apparently.
From the defense by the minister, it is clear that Mr. Gandapur is completely unaware of the fact that the country’s rules and regulations apply everywhere and to everyone who is present in the country.
