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Recently, under the captaincy of Yuvraj Singh, India Champions defeated Pakistan Champions and won the title of World Championship of Legends. After this, Harbhajan Singh made a reel on the song Husn Tera Tauba-Tauba… This reel featured Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina and other players of the team. Actually, while dancing to the song, these players acted as if they were limping, due to which World Championship gold medalist para badminton player Mansi Joshi on Monday strongly criticized former Indian cricketers Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina for allegedly making fun of the disabled and said that this video uploaded on Instagram sets a very bad example. This video has now been deleted.
What is the whole matter?
A police complaint has also been filed against these three retired former cricketers for this video. In this deleted video, Yuvraj, Harbhajan and Raina are seen limping and holding their backs, which shows how badly their bodies have been affected due to the match. The caption of the video read, ‘Body ki tauba-tauba ho gayi hai 15 days of Legend Cricket me… Every part of the body is breaking. Our brothers! Direct challenge to Vicky Kaushal and Karan Aujla with our version of the song Tauba-Tauba. What a song.’
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Reacting strongly to this, Mansi wrote on Instagram, ‘You don’t know how much harm your behavior can cause and it is frightening to see the appreciation you are getting from people around. You have all been star players and more responsibility was expected from you. Please do not make fun of the way differently-abled people walk. This is not right.’
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After the controversy over this video, Harbhajan issued a clarification by posting on Instagram and said that his intention was not to insult anyone. Ravi Chauhan, President of the Indian Cricket Council for the Disabled, feels that these cricketers did the right thing by deleting the video. Earlier in the day, Arman Ali, President of the National Center for Promotion of Employment for the Disabled (NCPEDP), complained about these cricketers to the in-charge of Amar Colony Police Station. Along with this, he also complained against Meta India’s Vice President and Managing Director Sandhya Devanathan.
Harbhajan Singh had to apologize
After the controversy over the video, Harbhajan came into action and gave his clarification. Harbhajan Singh said in a post released on ‘X’, ‘I want to clarify to those who are complaining about our recent ‘Tauba Tauba’ video on social media after winning the championship in England that we did not want to hurt anyone’s feelings. We respect every person and community and this video was just to show the effect on our body after playing cricket continuously for 15 days.’
He said, “Breaking bodies… We were not trying to disrespect anyone… Still, if people feel that we have done something wrong… All I can say from my side is I apologize to everyone… Please stop it here and move on. Stay happy and healthy.”
