Omar Abdullah hits out at IPL for retaining Chinese sponsors

A day after Indian Premiere League (IPL) GC
member reportedly told news agency PTI that that the league is set to retain
all its sponsors including Chinese cellphone makers, vivo; former Jammu and
Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said, “It’s no wonder China is
thumbing its nose at us when we are so confused about how to handle Chinese
money, investment, sponsorship, advertising”.

He further said that he feels bad for those
people who threw their China-made gadgets away.

“BCCI/IPL governing council has decided to
retain all sponsors including the big Chinese ones. I feel bad for those idiots
who threw their Chinese made TVs off their balconies only to see this happen,”
he said.

“The sheer suddenness of the move, the
unexpected nature of the move, the unpredictability of the move. They don’t
know what hit them. Now the Chinese will know………. what we always
suspected that we really can’t manage without their sponsorship and advertising,”
he added.

The sponsorship by Chinese companies for
the IPL 2020 became a bone of contention after the violent clashes between
India and China at Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh on June 15, in which 20
Indian soldiers were martyred.