"Winding up. Salman has been in controversy for the last 25 years regularly. Not a single time I supported him. I was known as a fair person.
"Now first time I support him on my belief that what he is doing is right. Instead and alcohol or tobacco he is promoting sports," Salim wrote on Twitter today.
Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt and sprint legend Milkha Singh had raised eyebrows over IOA's decision to go with the 50-year-old Bollywood superstar over a sportsperson.
"And I am called unfair, arrogant and asked to apologise. 'Oh lord forgive them for they know not what they do' - Jesus," Salim wrote.
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