Patna, Feb. 6 -- Rashtriya Janata Dal national vice president Shivanand Tiwari on Friday found himself embroiled in a controversy for making an unsavoury statement about master blaster Sachin Tendulkar after he tweeted on the ongoing farmers' protest on Wednesday.
Addressing the media, Tiwari said: "He is a recipient of Bharat Ratna but he keeps doing advertisements. He is a model. This is an insult to the Bharat Ratna that people like Sachin Tendulkar are conferred with such a prestigious award."
"Today people have started politics via Twitter. I want to point out farmers staying in villages do not even know about the micro-blogging site or other forms of social media."
Sachin had tweeted, "India's sovereignty cannot be compromised. Ext...