Congress leader Shama Mohammed has responded to the backlash over her comment on Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma’s fitness, asserting that her tweet was not intended as body-shaming.
"It was a generic tweet about the fitness of a sportsperson. It was not body-shaming. I always believed a sportsperson should be fit, and I felt he was a bit overweight, so I just tweeted about that," Shama Mohammed said, defending her stance.
#WATCH | On her comment on Indian Cricket team captain Rohit Sharma, Congress leader Shama Mohammed says, "It was a generic tweet about the fitness of a sportsperson. It was not body-shaming. I always believed a sportsperson should be fit, and I felt he was a bit overweight, so I… pic.twitter.com/OBiLk84Mjh
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Facing criticism from cricket fans and BJP leaders alike, she maintained that her remark was taken out of context. "I have been attacked for no reason. When I compared him with previous captains, I put in a statement. I have the right. What is wrong in saying? It is a democracy," she added.
