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Where Is The Sensitivity? Former India Player BLASTS Lalit Modi For Releasing Slapgate Video
Follow UsThe former IPL commissioner released the video on Michael Clarke's podcast recently
Recently, Lalit Modi, the former commissioner of the Indian Premier League (IPL), released a video of Harbhajan Singh slapping S Sreesanth in the inaugural edition of the tournament. It has received wide criticism from all corners, including from Sreesanth's wife, who has hit out at Modi for releasing the video on Michael Clarke's podcast.
Former India wicketkeeper-batter Robin Uthappa has lashed out at Modi for releasing the video nearly two decades later, especially at a time when all parties involved have moved on.
"That whole Slapgate thing that happened in the IPL. What the f*** man? How does someone get away with stuff like that?" Uthappa said on the Kim-Appa show with Jarrod Kimber.
"Now, imagine we put up a clip of something that an Australian did that was offensive, that was kept under wraps for the respect of that whole situation, to save the respect of that situation, which is an impulsive, bad decision that a human being made… Now that you have gone and interviewed someone, and you have got access to the file, do you think you have the right to publish it, put that into the world, and make those two people go through that whole emotion, that raw emotion, 20 years later?" he said.
He also questioned the lack of sensitivity behind releasing a video and digging up something from the past that no party wants to relive. "Where is your sense of sensitivity and empathy for other people?" he asked.
"We all make mistakes, but are we going to keep putting it out there to make people go through the embarrassment of the wrong choices the person has made? For me, it's guys who aren't brown skinned who get away with it a lot more. Today, we are speaking about Sunny G [Sunil Gavaskar] having an opinion on what other countries speak about Indian cricket. But what about this? Imagine the human implications of this… You can't treat people like crap just because it'll get you more views."
The video of the incident was never made public as it was believed that it would tarnish the image of the league, which was in its early stages.