Ex-Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi praised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during an interview, saying, "Rahul Gandhi is a man with a positive mindset...He wants dialogue to move forward." Reacting to Afridi's remarks, BJP spokesperson Pradip Bhandari said, "Rahul gets support from all the haters of India, whether it's terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun or Shahid Afridi, Pakistani ISI's poster boy."