A tweet which read, "Usain bolt of Jamaica was poor and trainer advised him to eat beef both the times and he scored 9 gold medals in Olympic" is all it took for a BJP MP to rake up the beef controversy again. 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. Raj, took to Twitter on Sunday, to make this rather strange statement, considering his party and the current 'cow controversy' around the country. The 29-year-old Bolt retired after winning three medals at his pet events 100m race, 200m race and 100*4 relay at the recently concluded Rio Olympics, bagging nine medals altogether over three Games.

The Delhi leader’s reference to Bolt came at a time there is intense scrutiny of India’s performance in Rio, where the country’s 118 athletes managed to secure just two medals one silver and the other bronze. “All I wanted to say that giving excuses that we don’t have infrastructure or there is corruption should be done away with and lesson, dedication should be learnt from Usain Bolt… What I wanted to say is our players should find ways and means as he found ways and means [sic],” he later said, adding there is no lack of facilities for sports persons in the country. Government spends a huge amount of money on them compared to nations like Jamaica or Kenya, he said.