India vs Pakistan Asia Cup: Is this a greed for money … Why did BCCI restless to play with Pakistan who wiped out many vermilion?

Mumbai. Opposition parties in Maharashtra targeted the BJP and BCCI over the match between India and Pakistan on September 14 in the Asia Cup on Friday. Shiv Sena (Ubatha) leader Aditya Thackeray said that the BJP has changed its ideology. He asked if “blood sheds and cricket could be together.” The Maharashtra unit of the Congress described it as an insult to the families and duties of those killed in the Pahalgam terror attack. At the same time, NCP (SP), led by Sharad Pawar, said that the government’s double character has been revealed by allowing the match.

Responding to criticism, Maharashtra Minister Ashish Shelar said that international sports events cannot be affected by bilateral political deadlocks. Aditya Thackeray said that all this is happening for money. Attacking the BCCI and the Center, he said, “Pakistan which launched countless attacks on our country, Pakistan which spreads terrorism in our country, which erased many vermilion in Pahalgam… Why is it so eager to play BCCI with that Pakistan? Is it happening in the greed of money?”

The Shiv Sena (Ubatha) leader later said in a post on ‘X’, “If blood and water cannot flow together, then how can cricket and blood shed together?” He said, “Why is the central government silent on playing cricket with the country that shelters terrorism?”

Maharashtra Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant told ‘PTI’ that permission for this cricket match is a diplomatic failure and Pahalgam is an insult to the martyred soldiers of those killed in the terrorist attack. Rankapa (SP) spokesperson Jitendra Awhad told ‘PTI’, “This cricket match has exposed the government and the ruling party’s double standards, whose politics revolves around India-Pakistan.”