KXIP Co-Owner Ness Wadia Calls For Gradual End To Chinese Sponsorship In IPL Amid Heated India-China Tensions

"We should do it (sever ties with Chinese sponsors in IPL) for the sake of the nation. The country comes first, money is secondary. And it is the Indian Premier League, not the Chinese Premier League. It should lead by example and show the way," Wadia told PTI on Tuesday.

Ness Wadia (Image: Getty/AFP)

Amidst the simmering tensions tensions between India and China owing to a difference in perception of the Line of Actual Control in the Ladakh sector,Kings XI Punjab co-owner Ness Wadia on Tuesday called for a gradual end to Chinese sponsorship in the Indian Premier League to stand united behind the nation. "We should do it (sever ties with Chinese sponsors in IPL) for the sake of the nation. The country comes first, money is secondary. And it is the Indian Premier League, not the Chinese Premier League. It should lead by example and show the way," Wadia told PTI on Tuesday. "Yes it would be difficult to find sponsors initially but I am sure there are enough Indian sponsors who can replace them. We must have all the respect for the nation and our government and most importantly for the soldiers who risk their lives for us," said the well known Indian businessman. The Union Govt has already taken a stringent step against China by banning Chinese 59 Apps, including Tik Tok which had a major subscriber base in Indian markets and were quite popular among youngsters. There has been a nationwide anger and resentment against China after 20 of Indian Army's soldiers were killed in a highly deceptive and barbaric manner in the Galwan Valley at Ladakh sector on June 15. The Galwan incident prompted the BCCI to call a meeting of the IPL Governing Council to review Chinese sponsorships but that meeting has not taken place till now. The Galwan Clash was the first of its kinds incident between Indian and Chinese troops on the Line of Actual Control in over four decades. PLA  soldiers (Chinese Army) used stones, nail-studded sticks, iron rods and clubs to unleash a brutal attack on soldiers of the Indian Army after they protested the erection of a surveillance post by China on the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control in Galwan.