1983 cricket WC winning team member slams PM Modi for meeting players in dressing room
Asks "Would PM allow his supporters to enter his bedroom to console him?"
New Delhi: Former cricketer and member of the 1983’s World Cup winning team Kirti Azad on Tuesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for entering the players’ dressing room after their defeat to Australia in the final of World Cup on Sunday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the Indian team players and lauded their efforts and congratulated them for reaching finals in their dressing room after the match.
Taking to his ‘X’ account, Azad wrote “The dressing room is the sanctum sanctorum of any team. @ICC does not allow anybody to enter these rooms apart from the players and the support staff. PM of India should have met the team outside the dressing room in the private visitors area,”
Azad, a two-term MP further questioned PM Modi if he would allow his supporters to come and console or congratulate him in his bedroom. “Would @narendramodi allow his supporters to come and console or congratulate him in his bedroom, dressing room or the toilet? #Sportspersons are far more disciplined than #politicians.” He added.
Similarly, the video of PM Modi’s meeting with the players in the dressing room, released to the media met severe criticism on social media platforms where netizens criticized Modi for using the moment of vulnerability of players as a PR stunt.
The dressing room is the
— Kirti Azad (@KirtiAzaad) November 21, 2023
sanctum sanctorum of any
team. @ICC does not allow anybody
to enter these rooms apart
from the players and the
support staff.
PM of India should have met
the team outside the dressing
room in the private visitors
area.
I say this as a…
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Bengaluru: KAS officer, driver caught in Rs 30 lakh bribe case
Bengaluru: Lokayukta police have arrested a KAS officer and his driver for allegedly demanding and accepting a Rs 30 lakh bribe to pass a favourable order in a pending RRT case.
The accused have been identified as Nagaprashanth (KAS), serving as Special Assistant Commissioner (North) and Special Land Acquisition Officer-1, KIADB, and Kumar, a driver associated with his office, Deccan Herald reported.
Based on a complaint by Ravi Kumar, a resident of Attur in Yelahanka, Lokayukta team laid a trap.
According to investigators, the accused had demanded Rs 30 lakh, of which Rs 15 lakh was allegedly collected earlier by the driver on the officer’s instructions.
On Wednesday, the driver was caught red-handed while accepting the remaining Rs 15 lakh, leading to the arrest of both him and the officer.
Both accused have been taken into custody, and further investigation is underway.
