Sania Dragged Into Unnecessary Controversy: Asha Bhosle
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Legendary
Indian
singer
Asha
Bhosle
on
Friday
spoke
up
for
tennis
star
Sania
Mirza,
who
was
at
the
receiving
end
of
criticism
on
her
appointment
as
Telangana's
brand
ambassador,
saying
it's
an
"unneccessary
controversy".
"Sania
Mirza
is
being
dragged
into
unnecessary
controversy.
I
too
was
once
labelled
anti-national
by
a
politician.
I
found
that
quite
funny," Asha
tweeted
Thursday.
On
Wednesday,
Telangana
BJP
leader
K.
Laxman
had
criticised
the
state
for
appointing
Mirza
its
brand
ambassador
saying
she
is
a
non-local
and
"daughter-in-law"
of
Pakistan.
Veteran
actress
and
social
activist
Shabana
Azmi
too
took
to
Twitter
to
express
her
views
on
the
same.
She
tweeted,
"From
d
start
I
said
reining
in
its
lunatic
fringe
will
b
a
challenge
for
@narendramodi
Shiv
Sena
BJP
MPs
at
it
again
Mhrstra
Sadan
n
Sania.
The
true
test
of
a
liberal
is
when
she
is
attacked
by
both
Muslim
and
Hindu
bigots.
Javed
and
I
constantly
face
the
wrath
of
both.
Terrific!"