Boycott Chennai Super Kings trending at top on Twitter

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Under the hashtag, Twitteratis are demanding to boycott the four-time IPL champions because it has purchased Maheesh Theekshana. The CSK bought Maheesh to play the IPL 2022 during the IPL 2022 mega auction, held in Bengaluru.

 

 

He comes from Sinhalese background. It is reported that Sinhalese soldiers allegedly committed war crimes against Tamilians in Sri Lanka. The incident happened when the military took action against LTTE in 2009. The group was established demanding an independent Tamil state in Sri Lanka.

As a result, social media has been flooded with messages demanding to boycott the CSK. Meanwhile, some said the CSK should remove Maheesh Theekshana from the team.

 

https://newsroompost.com/sports/boycott-chennai-super-kings-trending-at-top-on-twitter-what-is-the-controversy/5065446.html

 

Thoughts?

Parallels being drawn to how Pakistani players are banned in the IPL for political reasons and terror funding except the Pak issue relates to using IPL money to carry out terror activities in India whereas this relates to war crimes on people with Tamil identity.

 

It is interesting when some DMK supporters raise the issue.. DMK was in power in the State and their ally Congress was in power at the center in 2009.. Also, Muralitharan has been a chief mentor at Maran-Karunanidhi family owned Sunrisers Hyderabad for a while now.

 

 

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There is separate angst on Raina being ignored by CSK as well.. Funny given that they carried him for a season and half despite his poor form.. Obviously the right call by the team despite them retaining other has-beens like Uthappa and Rayudu.. At least those two showed form in the last season 

[rkt.india]

14 minutes ago, bowl_out said:

 

https://newsroompost.com/sports/boycott-chennai-super-kings-trending-at-top-on-twitter-what-is-the-controversy/5065446.html

 

Thoughts?

Parallels being drawn to how Pakistani players are banned in the IPL for political reasons and terror funding except the Pak issue relates to using IPL money to carry out terror activities in India whereas this relates to war crimes on people with Tamil identity.

 

It is interesting when some DMK supporters raise the issue.. DMK was in power in the State and their ally Congress was in power at the center in 2009.. Also, Muralitharan has been a chief mentor at Maran-Karunanidhi family owned Sunrisers Hyderabad for a while now.

 

 

Murli is Tamil 

[sensible-indian]

This anti SL (specifically Sinhalese) crap must be nipped in the bud.

 

Sick of this nonsense.

Edited February 15, 2022 by sensible-indian

[nevada]

Didnt Thisara Perera play for CSK a while ago? 

[zen]

After its rivers and land, many in India have turned social media into garbage ... Subcon (Ind-Pak-BD) could be a mentally sick region  

 

[vvvslaxman]

There was a protest over a Samantha starred Amazon prime show as well :) This political posture was used to polarize people by leading parties. Honestly not even Srilankan Tamils care about it. AD Matthews, Russell Arnold, Murali are all Tamils theya ll played with sinhalese cricketers. Are they going to boycott them as well. Stupids. 

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30 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

Murli is Tamil 

 

That doesn't matter.. There was opposition when Vijay Sethupathi signed up to do a biopic of Murali.

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6 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

There was a protest over a Samantha starred Amazon prime show as well :) This political posture was used to polarize people by leading parties. Honestly not even Srilankan Tamils care about it. AD Matthews, Russell Arnold, Murali are all Tamils theya ll played with sinhalese cricketers. Are they going to boycott them as well. Stupids. 

 

There was a protest against some John Abraham movie as well a few years back.

Worse is they patronize LTTE as if they were saints.. They have murdered leaders in both India and SL

 

[AuxiliA]

There's no parallel whatsoever between Pak & SL situation. 

 

Our dispute with Pak is ongoing and there's ZERO trust between the two nations. On the other hand we have very stable relations with the Lankans now. 

 

Also, Pakistani players weren't always 'banned' in the IPL. They played in 2008 and received warm welcome from the Indians. Things changed drastically post Mumbai terror attacks. Pakistani terrorists/citizens not only planned and conducted the attack but their govt actively protected the culprits and still does. Not to mention them nurturing more than a dozen banned anti-India terror outfits. 

 

 

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23 minutes ago, nevada said:

Didnt Thisara Perera play for CSK a while ago? 

 

Yeah, that's interesting.. maybe social media hadn't caught on back then.. Now, people use social media to spit venom on everything.

[AuxiliA]

51 minutes ago, bowl_out said:

There is separate angst on Raina being ignored by CSK as well.. Funny given that they carried him for a season and half despite his poor form.. Obviously the right call by the team despite them retaining other has-beens like Uthappa and Rayudu.. At least those two showed form in the last season 

 

It wasn't just the form which was the problem for Raina but his attitude. He completely skipped all the domestic tournaments despite having an extremely poor IPL form.

 

Look at Rahane who surprisingly secured a contract coz he piled runs in recent domestic events. 

[vvvslaxman]

13 minutes ago, bowl_out said:

 

There was a protest against some John Abraham movie as well a few years back.

Worse is they patronize LTTE as if they were saints.. They have murdered leaders in both India and SL

 

 

Mostly the guys like Seeman and other politicians try to keep this issue relevant. Many Srilankan Tamils are doing well abroad settling down as refugees. Even they don't care about it anymore. 

[Lone Wolf]

Oh ffs..  Why can't they let this go?  India Sri lanka is a deep rooted friendship bound with common Dharmic roots.  

Hopefully CSK doesn't backs off...  Scre* haters

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35 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

Mostly the guys like Seeman and other politicians try to keep this issue relevant. Many Srilankan Tamils are doing well abroad settling down as refugees. Even they don't care about it anymore. 

 

Yeah. I think the fishermen issue is still relevant and GOI needs to resolve the Katchatheevu issue.  It is an issue that affects "Indian citizens"

 

But people like Seeman who demonize SL and patronize LTTE really get on my nerve... SL Tamils were caught in the middle of LTTE terrorists and SL army, but with LTTE wiped out, they have started to look for greener pastures and move on with their lives.. Seeman kind of self-appointed sympathizers are simply annoying 

[velu]

i think seeman & co forced csk to play in neutral venue for jallikattu issue few years back ..

last election they got fewer votes , so they might know how far they can take these protests

[beetle]

It is political. No opportunity to start a protest is lost .

[Serpico]

Regardless of the reason, I support the sentiment to boycott csk

[ShoonyaSifar]

How is the SL and Pakistan situation the same? We are not playing bilateral series with Pakistan (IMO we should completely boycott them), are at a near war situation with them and continue to suffer because of them daily.

 

No such issues with Sri Lanka in recent years, we even offered them a credit facility to overcome the economic crisis they are currently going through. Yes there are issues of fishermen being apprehended (our navy does it as well) but those issue get resolved bilaterally.

Edited February 16, 2022 by ShoonyaSifar

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9 minutes ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

How is the SL and Pakistan situation the same? We are not playing bilateral series with Pakistan (IMO we should completely boycott them), are at a near war situation with them and continue to suffer because of them daily.

 

No such issues with Sri Lanka in recent years, we even offered them a credit facility to overcome the economic crisis they are currently going through. Yes there are issues of fishermen being apprehended (our navy does it as well) but those issue get resolved bilaterally.

 

In TN, Tamil identify plays a huge rule and sometimes even overshadows national identify.

 

There are many supporters of Tamil Ealam who carry a grudge against SL army for their alleged war crimes killing thousands of SL Tamil civilians during the civil war in 2009.. They see both Pak and SL as countries that indulged in war crimes/terror activities, although the Pak issue relates to terror on Indian citizens while SL issue is war crimes on people with Tamil identify.