Shocking! Salim Khan lashes out at Milkha Singh

Mumbai, April 25, 2016: After Salman Khan was appointed as brand ambassador for Indian contingent of Rio Olympics 2016, legendary athlete and world record holder Milkha Singh had raised strong objections saying that sports, especially Olympics don’t need Bollywood stars as ambassadors. Sports people are the real ambassadors of India to the world.
This certainly hasn’t gone down too well with Salman’s father, veteran writer, Salim Khan, who lashed out at Milkha Singh in a series of tweets, defending his son Salman and said that the ‘Dabangg’ star is an A-level swimmer, cyclist and weight-lifter.

Milkha Singh, in his statement, had said, “India has produced so many sportspersons who have given their sweat and blood for the country like PT Usha, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Ajit Pal and so many others. One of these could have been made a goodwill ambassador. What was the need to import a person from Bollywood?”
Singh made it clear that he has nothing personally against Salman but the fact that no Indian sportsperson had been picked up as ambassador saddened him. “I want to make it clear that I am not against Salman Khan, but the decision of the IOA is wrong and the government should intervene in the matter. This is for the first time I am seeing a Bollywood hero being made goodwill ambassador for Olympics. I want to ask has Bollywood ever made any sportsperson an ambassador for any of their mega event?” he said.