It seems that former Indian all-rounder, Yuvraj Singh is fast becoming controversy’s favorite child. A few days ago, he was immensely criticized by a lot of people on social media for donating money to Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi’s NGO and he was labeled as an anti-nationalist by many netizens.
And now Yuvraj has been facing heat landed himself in another controversy for mocking cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal for making TikTok videos with his family and for unintentionally making a casteist remark on the leg-spinner. Singh made the controversial comment while on Instagram live with Rohit Sharma.
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The clip, which has now gone viral is actually a snippet from Yuvraj and Rohit’s Instagram live session in April. In the video, Yuvraj can be heard calling Chahal a ‘b***gi’ for making such videos. Rohit also made fun of Chahal for making his father dance. The southpaw had said, “Yeh b***gi log ko kaam nahi hai yeh Yuzi aur isko (Kuldeep).”
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To which, Rohit adds, “Yuzi ko dekha kya video daala hai apni family ke saath. Maine usko wahi bola ki apne baap ko nacha raha hai, pagal toh nahi hai tu.” The duo then starts laughing. While Yuvraj did not seems to be making the remark intentionally, the netizens are extremely enraged with Yuvraj and want him to apologize to Yuzvendra.
Here are some of the tweets:
https://twitter.com/PreritSingh13/status/1267653534205575169?s=20
Hey @YUVSTRONG12 , is this your upbringing to use castiest abusive word Bh***i ? And laugh at it? What if your kids also learn this?
Hey @ImRo45 , you laughed at it when Yuvi says it? Shame on you both.
Apologize now Both#युवराज_सिंह_माफी_मांगो#Apologise_Rohit
— Ravi Ratan (@scribe_it) June 1, 2020
https://twitter.com/JyotiM_Dr/status/1267490204585164867?s=20
https://twitter.com/ayushi_ambedkar/status/1267495445304971264?s=20
https://twitter.com/RaghvendraSSha1/status/1267653515377164290?s=20
#युवराज_सिंह_माफी_मांगो
This is against our constitution of India # article15 का उलंघन हैं#युवराज_सिंह_माफी_मांगो pic.twitter.com/1XfmrZEcsh— Sandeep Singh Lodhi (@Sandeeplodhi01) June 2, 2020
Strict measures should be taken against all who use casteist slurs including the recent case of Yuvraj. Demeaning the Valmiki Samaj through derogatory use of "bhangi" is yet another instance showing how blind do people remain with their caste privilege. #युवराज_सिंह_माफी_मांगो
— Damni Kain (@DamniKain) June 2, 2020
https://twitter.com/drdose_/status/1267619235527659521?s=20
The statement of @YUVSTRONG12
was a result of years of suppression we causally hears – ओ भंगी, ऐ चमार… But actually who made it a shame…What about the Mugals who gifted us these words all these insulted words was the result of not accepting ISLAM…#युवराज_सिंह_माफी_मांगो pic.twitter.com/j78eR3cR4S— Trijyansh Sonkar (@trijyansh) June 2, 2020
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