Own Correspondent|MDC President Nelson Chamisa has pulled down his sensational Twitter post claiming that the Zimbabwean bird is part of the problems in Zimbabwe.

The tweet attracted heavy criticism across the country with State Media running away with the matter making headlines of it.

Chamisa made the comment when one of his Twitter followers had said: “The Zimbabweans’ birds must now fly Advocate Nelson Chamisa, how can we also be part of the team here in the Australian Diaspora?”

Chamisa responded that the Zimbabwe bird was in fact part of the national problem as it was encouraging institutional idolatry.

“That Zimbabwean bird symbol is part of our problem. We must deal with institutional idolatry,” Chamisa said.

State Media took an opportunity to attack Chamisa claiming that he chose a wrong occasion to attack national symbols.