Shahrukh Khan
Shiv Sena has heavily criticized Shahrukh Khan for favoring the inclusion of players from Pakistan in this year’s IPL.
Shiv Sena is said to be highly upset with Shahrukh Khan and has criticized him for favoring the inclusion of Players from Pakistan in the upcoming IPL cricket tournament.
Shahrukh had recently expressed his disappointment over the fact that the various team owners of the upcoming IPL tournament had ignored inclusion of the players from Pakistan in their respective teams. Shahrukh said that if any positions are still vacant in various teams and if good players from Pakistan are available to fill those positions, the team owners should consider such players.
An upset Shiv Sena has left no stone unturned to take on Shahrukh in this case. Apart from the usual criticism from Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thakrey, Shahrukh also had to face the anger from common Shiv Sena workers, who tore the posters of his new movie My Name Is Khan after this statement from him. Some party workers even went on to say that if Shahrukh is feeling so sad and sorry about the exclusion of Players from Pakistan and is so keen to see them playing, he himself should migrate to that country.
But this time around, it seems Shahrukh too is getting support on this issue from all quarters. Speaking on the issue, another Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty, who like Shahrukh owns an IPL team said that players from that country got left out because there was pressure on all team owners not to bid for players from Pakistan. Shahrukh also got support from his biggest rival in Bollywood Aamir Khan, who said that each team owner should have the right to buy best players and if some of those players are from Pakistan, so it be.
Irrespective of how much they may try, Shiv Sena cannot match the popularity of Shahrukh. They have tried to attain short term benefit by trying to heavily criticized Shahrukh for favoring the inclusion of players from Pakistan in this year’s IPL, but the way some Bollywood stars and media has come forward in favor Shahrukh, it seems their ploy hasn’t worked.
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