'Dalit' Vinod Kambli slams BJP MP for dragging him into casteism row

Vinod Kambli has been dogged by controversies time and again and the latest is a BJP MP dragging his name into allegations that there is discrimination in BCCIs selection processControversy seems to follow Vinod Kambli like an faithful dog It catches up with the former Mumbai cricketer when he is not looking and sometimes even when he hasnt called itOn Wednesday Kamblis name was dragged into a fresh controversy through no fault of his after a BJP MP from Delhi Udit Raj claimed that the former cricketers Dalit background was responsible for his exclusion from cricket Mind you he didnt just mean the Indian or Mumbai cricket teams but from any role in cricket itselfUdit Raj tweeted Vinod Kambli you should not be shy of accepting that you are a Dalit and that was the reason of your exclusion from cricketvinodkambli349 you should not be shy of accepting that u r a Dalit and that was the reason of ur exclusion from cricket BCCI AIParisanghmdash Dr Udit Raj MP Dr_Uditraj December 27 2016Kambli may not be playing cricket but the 44yearold former cricketer hit the BJP leader out of the park immediately He took to Twitter to reply to the politician and strongly said that he didnt support such statements He further issued a clarification that he had never made any statement supporting reservation in cricket or suggesting that there was discrimination in the selection process in Indian cricketMr Raj I dont support any of your statements Hence i request you to refrain from using my name httpstcodiQRrR0bFUmdash VINOD KAMBLI vinodkambli349 December 27 2016Correction herei have never made such a statement httpstcomBM5bIkrkLmdash VINOD KAMBLI vinodkambli349 December 26 2016Raj alleging that there is discrimination based on caste in Indian cricket and his suggestion of there should be reservations in the selection process got panned on Twitter as well with Twitterati terming the statement divisive Twitterverse expressed the belief that reservations should be there only for tickets and hotelsKambli and Twitter taking on the politician and shutting him down is worthy of a slow clapHERES WHAT TWITTERATI HAD TO SAYvinodkambli349 Dr_Uditraj AIParisangh Dalit Dalitplz grow up dudesNo one cares what caste u r just do hard work n achieve ur goalsmdash Anil Sharma raj_anilsharma December 27 2016Mr MP Dr_Uditraj I voted 4 you in NWDelhi but u r wrong on thisIf such thing happenedy not Qn BCCI instead of playersvinodkambli349 pictwittercombv37tBaWHnmdash Intolerant agravecurrenshyagravecurrenfrac34agravecurrendegagravecurrencurrenagraveyenAcircu00c2u0080agravecurrenmacr goyalsanjeev December 28 2016Dr_Uditraj prtxt vinodkambli349 BCCI ianuragthakur ManojTiwariMP Reservation should be limited to hotels and tickets onlymdash Stoned_MaggiJi allwyn_mendonca December 27 2016Dr_Uditraj prtxt vinodkambli349 BCCI ianuragthakur ManojTiwariMP Stop reservation in everythingmdash Stoned_MaggiJi allwyn_mendonca December 27 2016Dr_Uditraj prtxt vinodkambli349 BCCI ianuragthakur ManojTiwariMP Deservation is better then reservationmdash Stoned_MaggiJi allwyn_mendonca December 27 2016Dr_Uditraj prtxt vinodkambli349 BCCI ianuragthakur ManojTiwariMP Parasites with regressive thinking Petty vote bank politics returnsmdash Stoned_MaggiJi allwyn_mendonca December 27 2016vinodkambli349 Dr_Uditraj AIParisangh He is a daliti never knew i didnt n i dont care He is our admired cricketer n we like hmmdash Anil Sharma raj_anilsharma December 27 2016vinodkambli349 rvaidya2000 Dr_Uditraj BCCI AIParisangh Well said Kambli you have shown mirror to a casteist Politiciansmdash Narendra K Varma narendravarma49 December 27 2016