There is a match between India and Sri Lanka in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram on January 15 and before that the state’s Sports Minister V Abdurrahiman has given a controversial statement.
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in India Cricket It is very popular, every fan wants to go to the stadium to watch the game of his favorite players. However, due to the expensive tickets, many fans yearn for it. But the Sports Minister of Kerala has made fun of such fans with his statement. Kerala Sports Minister V Abdurrahiman has said that those people who are starving do not need to watch the match. Let us tell you that on Sunday, when journalists asked the minister whether the government would consider withdrawing the alleged decision to collect entertainment tax from the audience, he gave this controversial statement.
Let us tell you that the third match of the ODI series between India and Sri Lanka is to be played in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The rate of tickets for that match is said to be very high and the reason for this is the high entertainment tax. Just on this issue, when a question was asked to Sports Minister V Abdurrahiman, he asked what is the need to reduce the tax.
rudeness of the minister
Kerala Sports Minister V Abdurrahiman said, ‘What is the need to reduce tax? This argument is absurd that the prices of everything are increasing in the country, so the tickets should be made cheaper. People who are starving need not go to watch the match. Opposition Congress and BJP in the state lashed out at the minister for his controversial remarks against the poor and said that a minister should not have made such a statement.
Criticizing the minister, Leader of Opposition in the state assembly VD Satheesan said on Monday that people were shocked to hear such a vulgar and absurd statement from a minister in the democratically elected communist government of the state. He said, ‘The Chief Minister should not allow such a minister to sit on the chair even for an hour. What does the Marxist Communist Party, which claims to be the party of the poor, have to say about this?
V Abdurrahiman is a millionaire minister
Let us tell you that V Abdurrahiman is one of the richest ministers of Kerala. Sports Minister is one of the richest ministers of Kerala. According to a report, he has assets worth 17.17 crores. The minister himself is a millionaire, perhaps that’s why he doesn’t care about the expensive ticket, that’s why he made such a statement without thinking.