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Former Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly (AFP photo)
Former Indian cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly changed his social media profile picture to 'black' on Monday night
Days after facing backlash for his “vagrancy incident” comments, former India cricketer Sourav Ganguly will join thousands of protesters on the streets of Kolkata on Wednesday to protest against the death of a trainee doctor. Rape and murder. Apart from this, Ganguly will also participate in his wife's protest at the dance school later in the evening.
The former Indian cricket team captain changed his profile picture on social media to “black” on Monday evening and joined thousands of users who have changed their display pictures on social media to express his disapproval for the intern doctor at RG Kar Medical College of solidarity. However, Ganguly faced strong opposition for this.
Netizens criticized the former BCCI president for changing his avatar to black, saying it was a superficial response and asked him to apologize for his previous remarks.
Why is Sourav Ganguly criticized?
Earlier, Ganguly had defended the Mamata Banerjee government while commenting on the horrific rape and murder incidents in Kolkata and said “everything should not be judged on the basis of vagrancy incidents”.
“I don't think everything should be judged based on major incidents. There is no reason to think that everything or everyone in the state is unsafe. Such incidents happen all over the world. The idea that girls are unsafe is wrong. Not just in West Bengal Women are safe everywhere in India. Where we live is the best place and should not be judged by one thing.
