“Disgrace..Shakespearean tragedy"
Sachin Tendulkar faces fans’ ire for taking on Rihanna, Greta Thunberg for support to farmers
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Former India batsman Sachin Tendulkar is facing fans’ ire after he joined Bollywood celebrities to counter the extraordinary support to farmers extended by international stars such as Rihanna, Greta Thunberg, Meena Harris and Mia Khalifa. While some termed his social media post with hashtag #IndiaAgainstPropaganda a ‘disgrace’, others called Tendulkar’s action a ‘Shakespearean tragedy.’
Tendulkar wrote in his tweet, “India’s sovereignty cannot be compromised. External forces can be spectators but not participants. Indians know India and should decide for India. Let’s remain united as a nation. #IndiaTogether #IndiaAgainstPropaganda.”
His fans weren’t impressed by the batting maestro’s action given that he has yet to voice his support to the hundreds of thousands of farmers, who’ve been braving the freezing cold and police brutality at the Delhi borders for over two months.
A whole generation [me included] venerated this man.
— Adv. Manoj (@RURALINDIA) February 3, 2021
That he chose to disgrace himself is right up there with the Shakespearean tragedy https://t.co/WHwKncmiPR
Just goes to show what a huge star @rihanna is. Go girl. You have rattled the high and mighty in India. You have got the entitled, co-opted boy gang in knots trying to please their masters. Thank you @GretaThunberg @meenaharris and each one of you speaking up for farmers https://t.co/SHHs73hOFM
— Rana Ayyub (@RanaAyyub) February 3, 2021
You assholes have nothing to lose by endorsing BJP's propaganda sitting in the AC rooms. It's the common man who is dying for the mistake they haven't committed.#FarmersProstest https://t.co/FIVqcrKdB7
— Sridhar Jeripothula. (@Sridhar_Jeri) February 3, 2021
Breaks my heart to think that many of the 162 farmers who perished might’ve worshipped this man while they were alive.
— Saket Gokhale (@SaketGokhale) February 3, 2021
India’s sovereignty isn’t so fickle that it gets compromised by valid criticism.
You surely had some humanity before Ambani came into your life & bought you. https://t.co/BKeL5V3T0E
How the mighty fall ? https://t.co/AVZtPWOHRD
— Raunak Kapoor (@RaunakRK) February 3, 2021
Earlier, the usual suspects in Bollywood namely Akshay Kumar, Karan Johar, Suniel Shetty and Ajay Devgan were roped in by the government to counter the global impact created by Rihanna, Greta, Meena and Mia. The Ministry of External Affairs had to resort to an extraordinary step to issue a formal statement in response to social media posts by a group of private citizens abroad.
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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.
