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Congress Slams Ravi Shastri for Praising PM Modi on BRICS Summit
- •Congress leader Pawan Khera criticized Ravi Shastri for his praise of PM Narendra Modi regarding the BRICS Summit.
- •Shastri's post on X hailed PM Modi, stating he 'never felt prouder as an Indian' and lauded 'International diplomacy like never before'.
- •Khera recalled the 2012 BRICS Summit hosted under then-PM Manmohan Singh, where he was flanked by top leaders.
- •Khera suggested Shastri might not remember past diplomatic events and implied the posts were dictated by the PMO.
- •Indian Youth Congress leader Srinivas BV also took a dig, comparing Shastri's comments to IPL commentary and stating India's long history of international diplomacy.
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Ravi Shastri shared a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Chinese President Xi Jinping watering saplings at Bharat Mandapam during the BRICS Summit. In his post, Shastri praised PM Modi, stating he had "never felt prouder as an Indian" and hailed the gathering as "international diplomacy like never before".
Congress leader Pawan Khera took a swipe at Ravi Shastri, stating it was too much to expect the former cricketer to know or remember that former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh was flanked by Hu Jintao and Dimitri Medvedev during the BRICS Summit on March 29, 2012, in New Delhi. Khera also shared a picture from the 2012 summit and claimed that someone in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) was dictating Shastri's promotional posts.
Taking a dig at Ravi Shastri's cricketing background, former Indian Youth Congress president Srinivas BV told Shastri that "this isn’t IPL commentary". He added that Shastri could not call every familiar shot "never seen before" and remarked that India was playing international diplomacy long before Shastri's current sponsor arrived.
