Politicians turn up heat on Chappell

[sohum]

"They are entitled to make any comment they like. That's what they are paid to do in parliament," Chappell was quoted as saying from Cape Town, on Sunday, soon after India lost the third one-dayer to South Africa by 106 runs.

According to an AFP report Renuka Choudhary, the federal minister for women and child development, told a television channel that Chappell must face a privilege motion in parliament, where he could be reprimanded for his comments.

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What a bunch of idiots we have in politics. It's a sad reflection of our country that politicians get more upbeat about cricket than about problems such as poverty, healthcare and education. If they could show even half as much passion in those issues, we could actually have some development.

And a reality check to the guy who said "[He] does not understand the nuances of democracy" and the other who said "Let nobody lecture us on what the MPs' job is." Did they really think they were doing a perfect job? Corrupt buggers.

 

[cricket_lover]

Indeed. Not a useful discussion at all, and its actually being used as a propaganda right now. But i thought Chappell should have refrained from such comments.

 

[andrew_nixon]

The MP who said "He does not understand the nuances of democracy" is a communist MP. And communists have a great track record when it comes to democracy don't they?

 

[nightprowler10]

Chappell should know better than to say anything to the media anymore. People burn effigies of him no matter what he says. Poor guy.

 

[icyman]

Well Greg has not followed the rules.
They say once bitten twice shy.

He should have known to not to make such comments esp on the Indian politicians.
3-0 down,i wonder what will happen at 4-0. ?

 

[Ritwik]

The MP who said "He does not understand the nuances of democracy" is a communist MP. And communists have a great track record when it comes to democracy don't they?

Well at least in India, communists have a better record than most others when it comes to upholding democratic principles.

I don't see Chappel's comments as very wrong to be honest - technically speaking he is quite correct. The problem arose when the electronic media in their haste to land a "scoop" mistranslated his comments as "MPs ko bolne ke paise milte hain" ["they do this for money"] instead of the correct "yeh MPs ka kaam hai" ["That is an MP's job"].

 

[puddleduck]

The Indians really do take cricket too seriously! A lot of their fans seem to long ago have forgotten that at the end of the day it is just a game.

With that being the case, it is not surprising that the media and indeed the politicians will try and use the biggest draw in the country to their advantage. Not exactly right, but expected nonetheless. Take England winning the Ashes, there was no need for an open top bus parade, but with the country uniting together over it, the goverment saw a means to an end, and immediately attached themselves to the cricket team with all sorts of post series celebrations and awards.

Pure politics.

 

[Ritwik]

The Indians really do take cricket too seriously! A lot of their fans seem to long ago have forgotten that at the end of the day it is just a game.

With that being the case, it is not surprising that the media and indeed the politicians will try and use the biggest draw in the country to their advantage. Not exactly right, but expected nonetheless. Take England winning the Ashes, there was no need for an open top bus parade, but with the country uniting together over it, the goverment saw a means to an end, and immediately attached themselves to the cricket team with all sorts of post series celebrations and awards.

Pure politics.

Maybe so, but at least in India I've not yet seen people win elections by invoking cricket, although the way our democracy is going I don't think the day is very far off at all.

 

[puddleduck]

Worrying if it were to happen Ritwik. Although not to that extent, with the Indian public for the most part against Chappell at the moment, the various politicians that come out and critisize him are furthering their own agendas. Average Chappell hater on the street thinks, "Oh this person thinks the same as I do". More public support gained.

Certainly won't be many of them coming out and sticking up for Chappell

 

[sohum]

Maybe so, but at least in India I've not yet seen people win elections by invoking cricket, although the way our democracy is going I don't think the day is very far off at all.

As sad as that sounds, I have to agree with you.