There was a lot of fuss when Salman Khan was named India’s Goodwill ambassador of Rio Olympics. The backlash after his appointment made the authorities to also give Abhinav Bindra, Sachin Tendulkar and AR Rahman the Rio Olympics ambassadorship.
Apart from Bindra, who is an Olympic champion, other ambassadors have nothing to do with the Olympic movement. Salman, in an interview, broke his silence on the issue, questioning why others were not questioned when they have very little or nothing to do with the movement.
“After me, who all have been made goodwill ambassadors? Sachin Tendulkar, AR Rahman and Abhinav Bindra, right? But it started off well right? For the media and for everyone else,” Salman said.
“The media should have done the same thing when Sachin and Rahman were roped in. Why didn’t that happen? Why did the media not give them the same kind of coverage they gave me? In their case too, while one isn’t a sportsperson, the other one has only played one sport,” he pointed out.
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Salman insisted that every time he becomes a soft target because of a number of court cases that are pending against him. “So, you have issues with one person, who has court cases, becoming the Olympics goodwill ambassador,” he insisted.
Meanwhile, the Bhai of Bollywood made it clear that he is not leaving his ambassadorship, while adding that his intention of getting associated with the Olympic movement is to help athletes. “My intention was that Olympics should get publicity and everyone should know about it,” Salman said.
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