A political employee in India has actually come under fire after she was implicated of body-shaming Indian cricket captain Rohit Sharma and calling him “the most unimpressive” skipper of the nation.
Opposition political celebration Congress’s nationwide representative Shama Mohamed made the off-colour remark about Sharma’s physical fitness as group India bet New Zealand in Dubai for the ICC Champions Prize on Sunday.
India beat New Zealand to go into the semi-finals of the champion. Nevertheless, skipper Sharma was up to Kyle Jamieson at simply 15 run 17 balls.
In a now-deleted post on X, Ms Mohamed stated: “Rohit Sharma is fat for a sportsperson! Required to reduce weight! And naturally the most unimpressive Captain India has actually ever had!”
Her remarks have actually stimulated outrage from both cricketing and political analysts of the nation.
While her Congress celebration distanced itself from the remarks, the judgment Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) and others have actually assaulted the opposition for the remark that can be found in the middle of a global competition.
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Devajit Saikia condemned the remarks as “regrettable”, stating Sharma is definitely healthy and great.
“Really regrettable for an accountable individual to pass such an insignificant remark when the group remains in the middle of such an essential ICC competition,” he informed NDTV.
“It might have demoralising result on a specific or the group. All the gamers are carrying out to their greatest capacity and outcomes show up. I hope people will desist from making such negative declarations for individual promotion sake,” Mr Saikia stated.
BJP’s nationwide representative, Pradeep Bhandari, stated it was “exceptionally regrettable” that the Congress celebration is now pursuing the captain of the Indian cricket group who has actually won us among the world cups.
“This likewise informs you that the Congress celebration has actually stooped to an exceptionally low level and now they are attempting to send out the message that they are the sole arbitrator of evaluating any sportsperson or an expert. A real democratic celebration can’t do so,” he included.
Another BJP representative, Shehzad Poonawalla, took a dig at Congress for losing elections under political leader Rahul Gandhi.
“Those who have actually lost 90 elections under captaincy of Rahul Gandhi are calling captaincy of Rohit Sharma unimpressive!” he stated.
Pawan Khera, chair of the celebration’s promotion department, stated Ms Mohamed has actually been asked to erase the worried social networks post from X and has actually been recommended to “recommended to work out higher care in the future”.
He stated her remarks “about a cricketing legend that do not show the celebration’s position”.
“The Indian National Congress holds the contributions of sporting icons in the greatest regard and does not back any declarations that weaken their tradition,” Mr Khera included reacting to BJP criticism of questioning Congress’ patriotism.
Nevertheless, when questioned by media on Monday, Ms Mohamed protected her remarks and stated it was a “generic tweet” about a sportsperson’s physical fitness.
“It was not body-shaming. I constantly thought a sportsperson needs to be healthy, and I felt he was a bit obese, so I simply tweeted about that. I have actually been assaulted for no factor. When I compared him with previous captains, I put in a declaration. I have the right. What is incorrect in stating? It is a democracy …” she informed ANI.
Priyanka Chaturvedi, a legislator representing Maharashtra from the Shiv Sena celebration, likewise came out in assistance of Sharma and stated “with additional pounds of weight or without it”, he has actually led India group to excellent heights.