{"id":55201,"date":"2025-03-03T21:11:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T15:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/03\/fat-for-a-sportsman-congress-leader-takes-a-dig-at-rohit-sharma-bjp-hits-back-8\/"},"modified":"2025-03-03T21:11:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T15:41:22","slug":"fat-for-a-sportsman-congress-leader-takes-a-dig-at-rohit-sharma-bjp-hits-back-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/03\/fat-for-a-sportsman-congress-leader-takes-a-dig-at-rohit-sharma-bjp-hits-back-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Fat for a sportsman Congress leader takes a dig at Rohit Sharma BJP hits back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent development, Congress spokesperson Shama Mohamed took a dig at Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma, labeling him as &#8220;fat&#8221; and a &#8220;mediocre captain&#8221; following the team&#8217;s victory against New Zealand in the Champions Trophy. The criticism sparked a political clash, with BJP&#8217;s Shehzad Poonawalla coming to Sharma&#8217;s defense. Poonawalla pointed out the Congress party&#8217;s past electoral setbacks and emphasized Sharma&#8217;s successful track record, such as leading the team to victory in the T20 World Cup. The exchange between the two parties highlighted the intersection of sports and politics in India, with public figures facing scrutiny and criticism from opposing factions. Sharma&#8217;s performance on the field continues to be a subject of debate, with contrasting opinions on his leadership skills and physical appearance. This incident underscores the intense scrutiny and public discourse surrounding prominent figures in Indian sports and politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent development, Congress spokesperson Shama Mohamed took a dig at Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma, labeling him as &#8220;fat&#8221; and a &#8220;mediocre captain&#8221; following the team&#8217;s victory against New Zealand in the Champions Trophy. The criticism sparked a political clash, with BJP&#8217;s Shehzad Poonawalla coming to Sharma&#8217;s defense. Poonawalla pointed out the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/author\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/category\/todays-bulletin\/\" rel=\"category tag\">TODAY'S BULLETIN<\/a>","tag_info":"TODAY'S BULLETIN","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55201"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}