New Delhi: BJP MP and Dalit leader Udit Raj on Monday triggered a row after he tweeted that champion Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt went on to win nine Olympics gold despite being born in poverty after his trainer advised him to eat beef twice a day.
His tweet raised a few eyebrows within the party, which is avowedly against beef consumption, and drew a sharp response from the right-leaning people on Twitter, prompting him to claim that his comments were “misconstrued” and that they were meant to “inspire” Indian athletes and convey the view that they can excel in adverse circumstances. “Usain Bolt of Jamaica was poor and trainer advised him to eat beef both the times and he scored 9 gold medals in Olympics,” the MP from North West Delhi tweeted.
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As a row erupted, he tried to scotch it, saying he merely repeated what Bolt had said and all he had meant was Indian athletes can excel despite adversities and they should not blame circumstances for their failures.
