Heartbroken following the loss towards Australia within the Cricket World Cup 2023, the Indian workforce witnessed none apart from Prime Minister Narendra Modi paying them a go to within the dressing room. Together with his go to PM Modi tried to raise the morale of the gamers, together with veterans like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Whereas many inspired PM Modi’s resolution to attend the ultimate interplay with Indian gamers following the bitter end result within the summit conflict, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s ‘panauti‘ jibe in an election rally triggered an enormous controversy.
The controversy turned an enormous speaking level on social media. Former India cricketer-turned-politician, Gautam Gambhir, nonetheless, feels the remark was unwarranted. Gambhir even cited the instance of the 2011 World Cup semi-final, the place Dr. Manmohan Singh, the then Prime Minister of the nation, was in attendance to observe India tackle Pakistan in Mohali.
“The phrase that was used, ‘panauti‘, it’s most likely the worst phrase that might’ve been used towards anybody, significantly a primary minister of this nation. Within the 2011 Cricket World Cup semi-final, Dr. Manmohan Singh was there. Had we misplaced that match and he had come to fulfill us, what would’ve been incorrect in that?,” stated Gambhir in an interview with ANI.
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Rahul Gandhi, throughout an election rally in Rajasthan, had stated: “He comes on TV and says ‘Hindu-Muslim’ and typically goes to a cricket match… Our boys would have received the World Cup however the panauti (dangerous omen) misplaced us the match,” he had stated in Hindi.
Rahul Gandhi acquired loads of backlash over his remarks. Senior BJP chief and former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad stated the previous Congress president’s remarks in regards to the Prime Minister had been “shameful, condemnable and disgraceful”. Union Minister Rajeev Chandrashekar additionally hit out at Mr Gandhi and stated the feedback had been indicators of desperation and psychological instability.
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