Chinese cell phone makers will continue to be IPL’s title sponsors, Omar Abdullah wrote on Twitter.
Srinagar:
National Conference (NC) chief Omar Abdullah said on Sunday that while people boycott Chinese goods following the neighboring country’s forays into Ladakh, the IPL cricket tournament has been allowed to retain all of its sponsors, including those from the neighboring country. .
“Chinese cell phone makers will continue to be the main sponsors of the IPL as people are urged to boycott Chinese products. It’s no wonder China is thumbing its nose at us when we don’t know too how to handle Chinese money / investment / sponsorship / advertising “. he wrote on Twitter.
The former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir was reacting to news of the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) Governing Council’s decision to retain all of its sponsors, including Chinese mobile company VIVO, in case the The event would take place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from September 19 to November 10.
“The BCCI / IPL board of directors decided to keep all the sponsors, including the big Chinese. I feel bad for those idiots who threw their Chinese televisions off their balconies to see this happen,” wrote Mr. Abdullah on the microblogging site.
In another tweet, he said “we’ve always suspected that we really can’t manage” without the sponsorship and publicity of Chinese companies.
“The sheer suddenness of the move, the unexpected nature of the move, the unpredictability of the move. They don’t know what hit them. Now the Chinese will know … what we’ve always suspected about this. We really can’t. not get by without their sponsorship and publicity, ”said the leader of the NC, while referring to the remarks of a news anchor from a private television channel.
