Swami Rambhadracharya Criticises SRK Over Inclusion Of Bangladeshi Player In KKR Citing Him As A Traitor.

Nagpur; January 2026: Hindu spiritual leader Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracharya labelled Shah Rukh Khan’s actions traitorous for including a Bangladeshi cricketer in his co-owned IPL team KKR. “He (Shah Rukh Khan) is not a hero. Shah Rukh Khan does not have a character. His actions have been those of a traitor”, Rambhadracharya said.

This comes after another Hindu spiritual leader, Devkinandan Thakur, strongly criticised the decision to select a Bangladesh player amid tensions with the neighbouring country over targeted atrocities against Hindus. Devkinandan Thakur stated that Hindus in Bangladesh were facing extreme atrocities. “In Bangladesh, Hindus are being brutally murdered, their homes are being burned, and their sisters and daughters are being raped. After witnessing such brutal killings, how can someone be so heartless, especially someone who calls himself the owner of a team? How can he be so cruel as to include a cricketer from that very country in his team?”.

Thakur demanded that the management “remove that cricketer” and called for the player’s reported remuneration to be redirected to families suffering in the neighbouring countries. “As a gesture of apology and remorse, Rs 9.2 crore, which is being given to that cricketer, should be given to the families of the Hindu children who are being killed there”, he said. He also weighed in on the controversial statement by Congress leader Nana Patole regarding Rahul Gandhi and Lord Ram.

“This is mere sycophancy. That person has not been able to understand Lord Ram. There is no comparison between Shri Ram and Rahul Gandhi. God knows what kind of work Rahul Gandhi is doing”, he said.

Earlier on Wednesday, Nana Patole, addressing Rahul Gandhi’s failure to visit the Ram Temple, said that the Congress is doing the work of Lord Ram. Nana Patole said “Our leader Rahul Gandhi is doing the work of Lord Shri Ram. You know that Lord Shri Ram worked for the oppressed, the suffering, the deprived. Our leader, Rahul Gandhi, is doing the same work across the country; his fight to deliver justice to the people has begun. When Ram Lalla was locked, our late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi had ordered the gates to be opened. When Rahul Gandhi visits Ayodhya, he will offer prayers”.

Similarly, another BJP Leader Sangeet Som had labelled Shah Rukh Khan as a traitor for including Bangladeshi Cricketer Mustafizur Rahman in the Kolkata Knight Rider’s squad.

However, in a strong response,  Congress MP Manickam Tagore strongly condemned the ‘traitor’ remarks made against Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, calling the comments an “attack on India’s pluralism” while saying that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) should stop “poisoning society”.

Taking to X, Tagore on Thursday said, “Calling Superstar Shah Rukh Khan a ‘traitor’ is an attack on India’s pluralism. Hate cannot define nationalism. RSS must stop poisoning society”. Amid the mounting controversy over the selection of the Bangladeshi player, Sangeet Som accused the actor of investing money in players from a country he claimed was “working against India”.

“The way Hindus are being persecuted in Bangladesh, women and girls are being raped, their homes are being burned, and anti-India slogans are being chanted there. Despite all this, traitors like Shah Rukh Khan, I’m calling him a traitor because everything he has is given by India, given by the people of India, but where do they invest this money? They invest it in players from a country that is working against India”, Som told reporters.

He further added, “I want to tell people like Shah Rukh Khan that they will not succeed. At any cost, they will not be able to get Mustafizur Rahman to play here. Rahman won’t be able to step outside the airport”. Som said, “People like Shah Rukh Khan are traitors; they eat in India and sing praises of Pakistan and Bangladesh”.

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