Cricketer-turned politician Gautam Gambhir, who can be the elected MP from East Delhi, landed in a recent controversy on Wednesday. The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) earlier within the day knowledgeable Delhi High Court concerning the ex-cricketer’s basis unauthorisedly stocking and distributing Fabiflu medication to COVID-19 sufferers.
The improvement occurred after the medicine’ physique, which had earlier given a clear chit to Gambhir’s basis, submitted a recent report earlier than the courtroom. The former cricketer is just not the lone minister embroiled within the controversy because it additionally consists of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Praveen Kumar, who as per studies, has additionally been discovered responsible of comparable offences beneath the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
However, this isn’t the primary time when Gambhir has discovered himself in such a state of affairs. The 2007 and 2011 World Cup-winner, have been attacked by the opposition members on a number of ocassions, with the one involving jalebi and air-pollution within the nationwide capital, creating a serious stir on social media.
Gambhir himself had reacted to the jalebi jibe by AAP, which got here after the previous India batsman missed a gathering over Delhi’s air-polluton, and stated: “If air pollution in Delhi increased due to my eating ‘Jalebis’ then I can give up eating them.”
“I was trolled within ten minutes and if the same hard work they had done on controlling pollution which they had done on trolling me, then the national capital would be breathing clean air,” the previous cricketer was quoted as saying in a number of information studies.
Gambhir has been vocal concerning the points regarding the safety of the nation. The MP had additionally tweeted concerning the Naxal assault at Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur and Sukma districts in April this yr, which claimed the lives of twenty-two safety personnel.
Nation bows right down to the sacrifice of our bravehearts. Enemy inside is as barbaric as enemy outdoors. Won’t let this sacrifice go in useless. #NaxalAttack
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) April 4, 2021
Gautam Gambhir’s political profession
Gambhir rose to the political podium within the earlier Lok Sabha election, which noticed the ex-India cricketer outperform his Congress (Arvinder Singh Lovely) and AAP (Atishi) opponents. The 39-years-old had then fetched 6.96 lakh votes as in comparison with Arvinder’s 3.04 and Atishi’s 2.19 lakh.
After the completion of a yr, Gambhir additionally offered a ‘report card’ to the individuals of his constituency (East Delhi). His workplace launched an official assertion on this regard, which additionally boasted concerning the ex-cricketer’s work throughout the pandemic.
“A total of 5 lakh food packets, 2 lakh baby food packets, 40 thousand masks and face shields, 5 thousand PPE kits and 3 thousand bedding kits were delivered. In addition 12 hand wash stations were also installed at various locations of East Delhi.,” it learn.
Gautam Gambhir’s cricket exploits
The 39-year-old, who was conferred with the Arjuna Award in 2008 and the Padma Shri in 2019, has been one of many prime batsman within the Indian colors. A member of MS Dhoni’s World Cup successful facet – 2007 T20 World Cup and 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup – Gambhir performed an instrumental function within the group’s success on each ocassions. He was the main run-scorer from the Indian contingent each the occasions, and his 122-ball 97 within the summit conflict in opposition to Sri Lanka stands as one in every of his greatest knocks in worldwide cricket.
Gambhir additionally led the Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders to 2 title triumphs. He made his worldwide debut in 2003 and has over 10,000 worldwide runs throughout all codecs (4154 in Tests, 5238 in ODIs and 932 in T20Is) beneath his identify. In December 2018, the left-handed batsman took retirement from worldwide cricket.
