Usain Bolt advised to eat beef twice a day, won nine gold medals: BJP MP Udit Raj

August 29, 2016 11:19

BJP MP and Dalit leader Udit Raj raised a few eyebrows today with a tweet which suggested that Jamaican athlete and Olympics Triple Gold winner Usain Bolt went on to win nine Olympic gold medals despite being born in poverty after his trainer advised him to eat beef twice a day.

"Usain Bolt of Jamaica was poor and trainer advised him to eat beef both the times and he scored 9 gold medals in Olympics,' the Lok Sabha member from North West Delhi tweeted.Beef is an emotive issue for the BJP. States ruled by the party have come out with tough laws banning its trade.

Udit Raj, however, later tried to play down any controversy saying that he merely repeated what Bolt's trainer had said and all he meant was the athletes can find a way to excel despite adversities and they should not blame circumstances for their failures.

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