Pankaj Advani has the 'perfect' response to trolls over Padma award snub

Pankaj Adavni won his 16th World Championship title in December 2016 File Pic16time world champion cueist Pankaj Advani is hurt after being overlooked for the prestigious Padma Bhushan award for the second year in a row But barely has he had time to get to terms with the pain and hurt that hes had to deal with trolls on social mediaFollowing the Padma award snub Advani wondered what he needs to do to receive the coveted civilian honourAdvani who has pocketed eight world titles in the last eight years was recommended for the third highest civilian award of the country by the Karnataka government as well as the Billiards and Snooker Federation of India BSFIThe Bengalurubased Advani one of Indias greatest cueists did not say much after being overlooked for the award yet again but while replying to Sports Minister Vijay Goel expressed his hurt feelings on social mediaThank you sir Just feel after 16 world titles and 2 Asian games golds if Im ignored for a padma bhushan dont know what more I need to do httpstcokI1pmFL0M9mdash Pankaj Advani PankajAdvani247 January 25 2017Thank you sir Just feel after 16 world titles and 2 Asian games golds if Im ignored for a Padma Bhushan dont know what more I need to do Advani tweeted in his response to Sports Minister Vijay Goel who congratulated him for winning a staggering 28th national title in Pune earlier this weekBut this some people on Twitter to question him They wondered why he was asking for the award since the sports body and state government has to recommend a person for the honour Another attacked the 31yearold cueist for begging for the awardInstead of getting riled by these attacks Advani was class personified and responded calmly and with dignityHe was first told that the state government and sports bodies need to recommend a personPankajAdvani247 VijayGoelBJP need2undrstnd its Selection criteria n process recommendation 4m State Govt Ncssry Yet Im big fan of Urs playmdash Ajay Sharma Ajsharma911 January 25 2017He responded with the info that the Sports Minister of Karnataka had recommended his name months agoSports Minister of Karnataka called months ago to tell me that my name was recommended by State Just FYI httpstcoNOkp2p6ewfmdash Pankaj Advani PankajAdvani247 January 26 2017He then got attacked by a troll for his wrong attitude and asked not to begPankajAdvani247 IamRitzV wrong is your attitude which you are expressing here The day u leave this desire ull b eligible Dont begmdash vijay dwivedi sanskruti_78 January 26 2017But even this didnt perturb him He responded withWho is begging here When u understand the magnitude of winning consistently for ur countrybreaking records u will empathize letitbe httpstco8C8UpcZVALmdash Pankaj Advani PankajAdvani247 January 26 2017No sportsperson was chosen for Padma Bhushan this year while eight athletes from various disciplines including Virat Kohli and Dipa Karmakar were honoured with Padma Shri the fourth highest civilian honour which Advani received way back in 2009Advani has also been awarded with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2006 Indias highest sporting honourBSFI secretary S Balasubramaniam could not think of any current sportsperson more deserving than Advani for the Padma BhushanIt is very sad to hear that he has been ignored again It is happening year after year It is disheartening not only for him but for the entire fraternity Looks like lobbying is what works to get these awards If you go by sheer performance Pankaj should have got it long ago Tell me a sportsperson who consistently win world titles like Pankaj However we will try again next year Balasubramaniam told a news agency todayAdvanis brother Shree too did not hide his disappointmentThis shows the governments tunnel vision towards cricket and Olympic sports Apparently you can only get the awards by lobbying or if hype is created merit is not enough Pankaj deserves a lot more than Padma Bhushan he saidWith Agency Inputs