India, March 3 -- The Congress on Monday distanced itself from the remarks made by its national spokesperson Shama Mohamed about Indian cricket captain Rohit Sharma following backlash from political opponents and cricket fans.

Mohamed raised questions on Sharma's fitness and leadership in a now-deleted social media post, prompting the Congress to issue a clarification and instruct her to remove the statements.

"Dr. Shama Mohamed, national spokesperson of the Indian National Congress, made certain remarks about a cricketing legend that do not reflect the party's position," stated senior party leader Pawan Khera said on X.

"She has been asked to delete the concerned social media posts from X and has been advised to exercise greater cauti...