India warns cricket cheerleaders
Posted on April 26, 2008
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The cheerleaders have been introduced into the Indian Premier League as part of moves to add glamour and entertainment to the game or rather attract the Indian Youth to Come Watch the Cricket Matches Live but Some politicians say the cheerleaders are "vulgar and obscene".
The cheerleading girls, wearing short skirts and low-cut tops, have been hired from around the world to perform during the matches which are also being heavily endorsed by leading Bollywood stars.They include cheerleaders from the Washington Redskins.
The junior interior minister of western Maharashtra state, of which Mumbai is the capital, said the performances of cheerleading girls at the Indian Premier League matches were "absolutely obscene"."We live in India where womanhood is worshipped. How can anything obscene like this be allowed?," Siddharam Mehetre told the Press Trust of India news agency.
"This thing is meant for foreigners and not for us. Mothers and daughters watch these matches on television. It does not look nice."
A former Bollywood actor and a politician belonging to the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shatrughan Sinha said the cheerleaders were making a "mockery" of the game.
There have been reports in the Indian newspapers of cheerleaders complaining of sections of the crowd jeering at them and making lewd comments.
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