"Dear @sherryontopp ji, get well soon. You are a fighter & will overcome the illness in your trademark style. Our prayers are with you," Modi said in a message to Sidhu, a party colleague and former cricketer. Sidhu is hospitalised here for a clot in his vein.
Sidhu responded by tweeting, "@narendramodi Sir, your concern means the world to me. You are a Great example & inspiration to serve my Country selflessly. Jai Hind!"
"What does it say about our Hon PM that Sidhu's DVT (blood clot) got more attention from him that #Ikhlaq's cold blooded murder did!!!!," tweeted the former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister.
Ikhlaq was lynched and his son injured critically by a mob in his house in Dadri in Uttar Pradesh on September 28 following rumours that they had consumed beef.
The lynching has sparked a massive outrage but the Prime Minister has not spoken publicly yet on the deadly attack.
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