Three-time IPL winners Chennai Super Kings (CSK) franchise had suspended their long-term team doctor Madhu Thottappillil on Wednesday after his tasteless tweet on the martyrs of Galwan Valley, where 23 Indian soldiers were killed by Chinese troops at the LAC.
Thottappillil had posted a tweet mocking the government over the PM Cares fund. However, he deleted the tweet after backlash and protected his account. He had tweeted, “Just curious if the coffins will come back with a “PM Cares’ sticker on them?” But the CSK management suspended him given their no tolerance policy over such issues.
Now, on Thursday, the suspended doctor took to his Twitter and tendered an unconditional apology.
"On June 16th, I had put out a tweet, and after I realized that the words used by me were inappropriate and unintended. I deleted the same. But by then there were screenshots of my tweet being circulated and shared in social media," the doctor stated in his apology note.
He further clarifies that he had no intention of belittling PM Modi’s efforts of fighting against Coronavirus pandemic. "It was never my intention to belittle the great & herculean efforts taken by our Honb'le prime minister and the Govt in taking care of all the citizens' obligations of this great nation and its Army or our brave Martyrs,” he wrote.
"I regret the hurt and anguish I may have caused to many people who read my Tweet and wholeheartedly apologize for the same. I have tweeted inadvertently and mistakenly and it has nothing to do with my association with any individual or organization,” his note says.
"I am aware of the care bestowed by the Honb'le prime minister taken for the martyred jawans who had laid their lives for the country, without whom we the citizens would not be having a secured life," CSK team doctor for 10 seasons said.
"I hope the whole issue is put to an end and the tweet is treated as an aberration on my part. I once again express my sincere apologies for the unintended and inadvertent remarks made in my earlier tweet," he concluded.
Here is the apology tendered by Dr.Madhu in its full:
