Congress MP Jasbir Gill targets Sachin Tendulkar and Akshay Kumar

Congress MP Jasbir Gill has come out in criticism of cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and Bollywood celebrity Akshay Kumar after they made an announcement calling for Indians to stay united within the face of a world marketing campaign towards India. He stated that Sachin Tendulkar shouldn’t be deserving of the Bharat Ratna.
#Breaking | Congress MP Jasbir Gill targets Sachin Tendulkar. Says, ‘Sachin unfit of Bharat Ratna.’Listen in. Details by Prashant. pic.twitter.com/j3nAwvQIfB— TIMES NOW (@InstancesNow) February 7, 2021
Jasbir Gill additionally requested everybody to boycott motion pictures starring Akshay Kumar and questioned the ‘aukaat’ (social standing) of the 2 to difficulty the assertion that they did. The feedback got here after NCP chief Sharad Pawar ‘advised‘ to be ‘exercise caution’ whereas making feedback on issues outdoors of cricket.
Incidentally, Sachin Tendulkar was awarded the Bharat Ratna by the UPA Government in 2014 and he was nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the President of India in 2012, when the UPA was in energy. Therefore, the irony of a Congress MP saying that he’s unfit of the Bharat Ratna is sort of astounding certainly.
Interestingly sufficient, the Congress celebration has a historical past of its Prime Ministers awarding themselves the ‘Bharat Ratna’. Jawaharlal Nehru gave himself the Bharat Ratna when he was nonetheless in workplace. His daughter Indira Gandhi did the identical when she turned Prime Minister. No Congress member questions whether or not they had been deserving of the honour.
No Congress member questioned the Bharat Ratna to Sachin Tendulkar as effectively however since he has spoken for unity within the nation, his legacy needs to be challenged.