- Key points:-
- Pawar’s advice to Tendulkar came few days after after the batting legend posted a tweet against pop star Rihanna and her six-word tweet on the farmers’ protest.
- Responding to Pawar’s comment, BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi said, “How I feel his advice was made available to Mia Khalifa, Rihanna and Greta Thunberg! I was also thinking what about knowing and yet not speaking, since he has been a former Agriculture Minister, worked with APMCs (and) issued letters in favour reforms…” she tweeted.
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday urged cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar – who earlier this week tweeted as part of a celebrity-fueled pushback against pop star Rihanna and her six-word tweet on the farmers’ protest – to “exercise caution while speaking about any other field”.
Many Indian celebrities including Tendulkar have been facing the heat for their stand on the farmers’ protest. Tendulkar and other Indian celebrities like Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgan, and Indian head coach Ravi Shastri among others had tweeted after international stars including Rihanna commented on the protests.
Pawar also targeted the Centre for saying the protesters were “Khalistanis or terrorists”. The NCP chief noted that agitators are farmers and the Central government should not brand them Khalistanis or terrorists.
Responding to Pawar’s comment, BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi said, “How I feel his advice was made available to Mia Khalifa, Rihanna and Greta Thunberg! I was also thinking what about knowing and yet not speaking, since he has been a former Agriculture Minister, worked with APMCs (and) issued letters in favour of reforms…” she tweeted.
How I feel his advice was made available to Mia Khalifa, Rihanna & Greta Thunberg ! I was also thinking what about knowing & yet not speaking, since he has been a former Agriculture Minister, worked with APMC’s , issued letters in favour of reforms…. https://t.co/MLJ1XA5LHx
— Meenakashi Lekhi (@M_Lekhi) February 6, 2021
Notably, thousands of farmers have camped at Delhi’s borders and are protesting since late November 2020 against the three newly enacted farm laws namely Farmers` Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price AssuAssurance and farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
