'Not IPL commentary': Congress takes shot at Ravi Shastri for post praising PM Modi

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<button type="button" class="ZW6JD " disabled="">Post Comment</button></p> <p class="swnca">Be respectful · <a href="https://www.indiatimes.com/termsandcondition" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="gkv0P">TOI community guidelines</a></p> </div> </div> <p><a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/manmohan-singh" styleobj="[object Object]" class="" commonstate="[object Object]" frmappuse="1">Manmohan Singh</a> in New Delhi in 2012.<span class="id-r-component br" data-pos="11"/>Congress said Singh was flanked by then Chinese president Hu Jintao and Russian president Dmitry Medvedev in New Delhi on March 29, 2012.<span class="id-r-component br" data-pos="16"/>Taking a dig at Shastri’s cricketing background, Indian Youth Congress former president Srinivas BV added, “Ravi bhai, this isn’t IPL commentary. You can’t call every familiar shot ‘never seen before.’ India was playing international diplomacy long before your current sponsor arrived.”<span class="id-r-component br" data-pos="18"/>The party further alleged that the posts praising the Modi government were being dictated by the Prime Minister’s Office.<span class="id-r-component br" data-pos="21"/>“Btw, we know who in the PMO is dictating these promotional posts!” Congress said.</div> </div> <p><a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/not-ipl-commentary-congress-takes-shot-at-ravi-shastri-for-post-praising-pm-modi/articleshow/134206697.cms">source</a></p> </div></div><div class="tdb-author-box td_block_wrap tdb_single_author_box tdi_128 tdb-content-vert-center td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1" data-td-block-uid="tdi_128" > <style> /* inline tdc_css att */ .tdi_128{ margin-bottom:0px !important; padding-top:20px !important; padding-right:15px !important; padding-bottom:25px !important; padding-left:15px !important; 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