Samajwadi Party legislator Abu Azmi, who shot into limelight for defying Maharastra Navnirman Sena supremo Raj Thakeray's diktat on taking oath in state assembly only in Marathi, was all praises for master blaster Sachin Tendulkar for
declaring that he was an Indian first and then a Marathi.
Azmi was speaking to mediapersons at the Lucknow airport on his arrival from Mumbai on Monday evening."I admire Sachin Tendulkar to have not got cowed down by the Shiv Sena's intimidation tactics and having proudly declared that he was an Indian first", said Azmi. "Sachin's remark must make the Sena understand that after all, Maharastra was like any other state--a part of the Indian nation", he added.
Azmi is in Lucknow to be felicitated by the Samajwadi Party at a special function on Tuesday for taking his oath in the Maharastra state assembly in the national language, Hindifor which he had to face wrath of MNS