Virat Kohli was slammed on Twitter for his promotional tweet just moments after the demise of former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the age of 93. He was admitted in AIIMS and was on life support before the doctors announced the time of his death at 05:05 pm on August 16.
Kohli's post came at the wrong time and he received criticism for it. Tweeting about his brand WROGN, he wrote, "When you want it all Wrogn, there is only one place to get them. Visit http://wrogn.in and #StayWrogn #ShopNow @StayWrogn."
When you want it all Wrogn, there is only one place to get them. Visit https://t.co/hpfPL9G36I and #StayWrogn #ShopNow @StayWrogn pic.twitter.com/TJjvEaIIid
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) August 16, 2018
It was 'Wrogn' time from Virat to miss out on tweeting about the death of one of the favorite politicians of the country.
Fans were angry by the tweet. A user wrote, "Vajpayee sahab is passed away...yeh bhai sahab advertisement mein lage hai..ek tweet atal ji ke liye bhi banta hai indian captain."
Lashing out at the Indian skipper, another user was upset with the promotional tweet. "Such a disgrace, now in his support people will say, his PR team posted it, etc. No matter what you say, i am disgusted right now Virat Kohli.. You should have led with an example," his tweet read.
Here is how the Twitterati reacted:
@imVkohli you should be remember our former Prime Minister
— Piyush Kumar Mishra (@PiyushK08087050) August 16, 2018
Captain.... not to adverties
wrong timing
Do you know our ex prime minister #AtalBihariVaajpayee died today?
— Sandeep (@sandeep_nalla) August 16, 2018
Bhai, paise aate rahenge, series ke beech main to promotion pe control Kiya karo, public sentiment hurt mat karo ..
— ???????????? (@dimaagkoshot) August 16, 2018
For The sake of God, stop this cheap promotion. India has lost a great son today and you are promoting wrogn???
— Kartik (@aeterminator) August 16, 2018
Yeh sirf paisa kamana chahta hai. Chahe jaise v aaye, jis trh v aaye. Izzat sab bech chuka hai. India k former PM nahi rahe and yeh.. sharam aati hai ki yeh mitti aise logo ko v janam deti hai. Ek van chalane wala bhi aj udaas hoga and yeh banda Wrogn, Uber falana. Sharam aati h.
— DHRUV MODI (@dhruvvmodi) August 16, 2018
What the hell is this..??????
— Ashim Mondal (@TheAshimMondal) August 16, 2018
PR team of Kohli should be more sensitive..The whole nation is mourning on demise of #AtalBihariVaajpayee ji and at that time Kohli is Tweeting for endorsing of brands just for some money...Shame..
go watch some news......dude....not right time to endorsement :(
— Ashish sharma (@ashishsharma821) August 16, 2018
You've time to promote these useless brands....
— $iđđhesh Jađhav (@Siddhesh056) August 16, 2018
But not for our late PM??
@amanprithviraj @Avinash98767223 Pura Desh atalji ko yaad kr rha h aur bhai hmare brand ko promote.. Khair Pandya ko bhi palna pdta h
— Brijesh meena (@UrsBrijesh) August 16, 2018
Such a disgrace, now in his support people will say, his PR team posted it, etc.
— Saurav Rathi (@rathi_saurav) August 16, 2018
No matter what you say, i am disgusted right now Virat Kohli.. You should have led with an example.
Vajpayee sahab is passed away...yeh bhai sahab advertisement mein lage hai..ek tweet atal ji ke liye bhi banta hai indian captain
— Avi Kaushik (@avi_kaushik4) August 16, 2018
