Accusing the West Bengal chief minister of playing vote-bank politics by assuring "foolproof security" to the Pakistan cricket team, Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray yesterday said no match must be played till Pakistan stops sponsoring infiltration in India
Accusing the West Bengal chief minister of playing vote-bank politics by assuring "foolproof security" to the Pakistan cricket team, Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray yesterday said no match must be played till Pakistan stops sponsoring infiltration in India.
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Uddhav Thackeray
He praised Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh for showing "true patriotism" over his stand on the match and accused his West Bengal counterpart Mamta Banerjee of using the India-Pakistan WT20 match for votebank politics.
"Cricket and bombs can’t go hand in hand," the Sena chief said adding, "The big question is — should we play with those who attack India. There should be sportsmanship. We are not against the spirit of the game. They will strike twice and we will strike twice. There will be kabaddi matches, cricket matches...It goes on. But, they (Pakistan) aid infiltration."
Uddhav said, "When the jawan (at the border) will look behind he will say ‘I have a bomb in my hand, but you (players) have been given a ball and you will be playing with Pakistan’. You either throw the ball or I will throw the bomb. How can both things be thrown at the same time?" he said.
"We don’t want life-taking games," he said, a day after the Pakistani team arrived in Kolkata to take part in the World T20 Championship.
"Mamta Banerjee, whose state is going to polls next month, is playing vote-bank politics by assuring "foolproof security" to the Pakistan squad, he said.
The March 19 India-Pakistan World T20 group match was shifted by ICC from Dharamshala in Himachal to Kolkata due to security reasons.
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