Former Indian skipper Rahul Dravid, who is the coach of India’s Under-19 team, created a buzz after his team won the International Cricket Council (ICC) Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand.
Following India’s win, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced a cash reward of Rs 50 lakh for the coach, Rs 30 lakh for the team players and Rs 20 lakh for the coaching staff of the team.
But ‘The Wall’ of Indian cricket, Dravid, did not like the pay disparity and asked BCCI to bring parity in the incentive.
On Sunday, the BCCI announced that they have accepted Rahul Dravid’s request for the equal pay for the coaching staff.
Impressed with his gesture, twitterati started their own political campaign on micro-blogging site, saying ‘Rahul Dravid for PM’.
“Can we please just elect Dravid to the post of PM? I know it sounds silly, but this is the kind of person India needs. Someone who cares for others. Everything else can be learnt, but decency & kindness come from within,” wrote Bollywood singer Vishal Dadlani on Twitter.
Can we please just elect Dravid to the post of PM?
I know it sounds silly, but this is the kind of person India needs. Someone who cares for others. Everything else can be learnt, but decency & kindness come from within.
https://t.co/UjshjFTJFR— VISHAL DADLANI (@VishalDadlani) February 25, 2018
“I will vote for any party that promises to make Rahul Dravid our PM. #DravidforPM,” wrote another Twitter user.
I will vote for any party that promises to make Rahul Dravid our PM. #DravidforPM
— Bhavik (@BhaWicked) February 25, 2018
No matter how random, but the only person I wish to be this country’s PM is Rahul Dravid.
— Chirag Jain (@cheeragdilli) February 25, 2018
Rahul Dravid questioned BCCI’s pay disparity between him and his support staff: Reports
MAKE HIM PM!
— Clinton Senapati (@94Clinty) February 7, 2018
Rahul Dravid for PM in 2024 #whataMAN
— dwarika uniyal (@Dwari1008) February 6, 2018
Rahul Dravid’s sense of fair play and willingness to take a cut in his own earnings to ensure that support staff get more is a rare story #respect pic.twitter.com/6PPPkL36Hb
— Rupashree Nanda (@rupashreenanda) February 25, 2018
How much more can one admire and respect Rahul Dravid? The possibilities are endless: https://t.co/UlSRaFlXLx
— Salil Tripathi (@saliltripathi) February 25, 2018
#RahulDravid for PM #DravidforPM, #Respect #Inspirational
— sachin shrivastava (@sachin_1942) February 27, 2018
#RahulDravid for pm
— M faizy (@Mfaizy5) February 27, 2018
Can we please just elect Dravid to the post of PM?
I know it sounds silly, but this is the kind of person India needs. Someone who cares for others. Everything else can be learnt, but decency & kindness come from within.
https://t.co/wumKY84gaA by #VishalDadlani via @c0nvey— Shaikh Farhan (@DisHeart_Shaikh) February 25, 2018
As per a report given in the Indian express, BCCI has now announced the reward Rs. 25 lakh for every member of the coaching staff, including the Rahul Dravid.