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Twitter Uproar Over Tendulkar's Order of Australia Award

  •   Wed, Oct 17 2012 08:28:12 AM

New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS): There was an uproar on the social microblogging site Twitter after Australian Primer Minister Julia Gillard announced Tuesday that Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar would be conferred with the Member of the Order of Australia award.

Gillard, who made the announcement during a visit to a cricket clinic here organised by an NGO Magic Bus, said the "special honour", known as AM, would be awarded by Australian Cabinet Minister Simon Crean when he visits India soon.

"I'm very pleased we're going to confer on Sachin Tendulkar membership of the Order of Australia, an AM," she told reporters here.

"This is a very special honour, very rarely awarded to someone who is not an Australian citizen or an Australian national.

Australian cricket fans criticised their prime minister's decision citing Tendulkar's role in the monkeygate scandal involving the countries’ cricket teams.

The star batsman was a key witness in the Harbhajan Singh-Andrew Symonds racism controversy in 2008.

Australian paper Herald Sun held a poll on their website asking if Tendulkar deserved the award. As of 4.30 p.m. IST, a total number of 3101 votes were registered with 43.79 percent voting in favour of the Indian maestro and 56.21 percent saying no.

Here are some of the tweets:

Malcolm Conn @malcolmconn:
#cricket How can PM Julia Gillard award Tendulkar an Order of Australia after his central role in the Monkeygate racism scandal?
Peter Chambers @Wombatfinanc:
Gillard's Order of Australia to Tendulkar is an insult to @CricketAust #MonkeyGate a racist attack on an Aussie. Remember Tendulkar? #auspol
Greg Baum @GregBaum:
I love Sachin, but Order of Australia? I only ever saw him making disorder of Australia.
Cameron Hamilton @cam_hamilton:
Why is Sachin Tendulkar getting an Order of Australia before Shane Warne?
Lucy@churchillvic:
Pretty blatant marketing by Gillard giving Indian cricketer, who's done nothing of significance for Aus (a criteria), an Order of Australia.
  

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  • Rakesh shetty, mangalore

    Wed, Oct 17 2012


    @ NASIR, MANGALORE, Naveen D'souza, Valencia-Kuwait.

    SACHIN YOU PLEASE COLLECT THIS AWARD. YOU ALSO BELONGS TO UPA TEAM.

    UPA TEAM NEVER TOOK ANY ACTION AGAINST STUDENTS KILLED IN AUTRALIA.

    UPA TEAM MEMBERS ARE GOOD ONLY FOR SCAM,CORRUPTION,LOOTING,SELLING,SWALLOWING,ETC.

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  • prakash dsouza, Mangalore

    Wed, Oct 17 2012

    Its upto Sachin to accept or not. Not accepting may create more tension between us . Anyway australia must sortout racial differences urgently,. Australians must educate themselves how to respect indians before giving an award. Indian foreign minister has not sorted out several pending issues with australia as well as other issues regarding indian people who are with pirates since 2 years.Shame on this minister who cannot sort out even basic problems of emigrants. bring some youngster who can easily travel to foreign countries and sort bilateral issues.

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  • Naveen D'souza, Valencia-Kuwait

    Wed, Oct 17 2012

    I AGREE WITH NASIR. AAP INDIA KI SHAAN HO. SHE IS AGREE BUT INSIDE IN HER PARLIMENT SHE HAVE TO FACE MORE PROBELMS. DON'T ACCEPT THIS AWARD.

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  • NASIR, MANGALORE

    Wed, Oct 17 2012

    SACHIN, DON'T ACCEPT THIS AWARD, REJECT PLEASE.
    BECAUSE MANY INDIAN INNOCENT STUDENTS KILLED BY AUSTRALIAN IN LAST 4 YEARS.

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  • R.Bhandarkar., M

    Wed, Oct 17 2012

    Keep your 'Order' for yourself and that's an 'Order'from all cricket lovers who watch and play the game in 'true spirit', and that's something Australians can learn in great detail from us. 'Monkey Gate' - Go tell that to a monkey -We all know how Glen n Macgrath , A.Symonds used to play the game and how the likes of Ricky Ponting still do....A.Symonds now earns from Mumbai Indians right after becoming a pauper?

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