Manjrekar’s comment subjected him to severe backlash, leading him to explain the intension behind his message.
Sanjay Manjrekar. (File Photo: IANS)
After the people lashed out at cricketer-turned-commentator Sanjay Manjrekar for his “insensitive” comment on farmers, the latter in a clarification message said that it was a light-hearted comment.
Amid the wave of locust swarms sweeping across western and northwestern India, Manjrekar had asked the people not to panic saying that locusts eat the crop, not humans.
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“Ok guys, no need to panic with the locusts. We are not crop,” Manjrekar had tweeted on Thursday.
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Ok guys, no need to panic with the locusts. We are not crop.
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) May 28, 2020
Manjrekar’s comment subjected him to severe backlash, leading him to explain the intension behind his message.
“Get a life guys! Last tweet was meant lightly for Mumbai folks living in flats & panicking because of locusts,” said Manjrekar in a following tweet.
“Me, insensitive to farmers?? This is a person who travelled to Marathwada & visited houses of farmers who had committed suicide & yes, paid off loans of a few farmer families and want to do so much more. Had never shared this with the public, but had to today, to shut certain toxic people up,” he clarified.
Get a life guys!
Last tweet was meant lightly for Mumbai folks living in flats & panicking because of locusts.
Me, insensitive to farmers?? This is a person who travelled to Marathwada & visited houses of farmers who had committed suicide & yes, paid off loans of a few. 1/2— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) May 28, 2020
..farmer families and want to do so much more. Had never shared this with the public, but had to today, to shut certain toxic people up. 2/2
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) May 28, 2020
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