Raj Thackeray backs Sachin Tendulkar

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president says people should support Sachin during his time of crisis.

Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, who has in recent days been plagued with controversies, on Wednesday found a supporter in Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray, who said people should support him during the bad phase that he is going through.

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Speaking to reporters after a function marking the release of a film, Thackeray said, "When Saurav Ganguly was going through a bad patch in his career, West Bengal politicians like Somnath Chatterjee supported him."

"Similarly, when Tendulkar is going through a bad phase in his career he should receive support at least from Maharashtrians," Thackeray said.

Tendulkar, who had a disastrous World Cup, is presently mired in controversy after the BCCI slapped him with a show cause notice for his comments in the media and a recent report stating that the batsman had cut a cake in the shape of the Indian tricolour at the Indian High commission in Jamaica.

A case was filed on Wednesday in an Indore court against him for dishonouring the national flag by cutting the cake shaped in the form of the tricolour.