NEW DELHI: A member of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentarian RK Singh has objected to the proposed India-Pakistan cricket series planned to be played in December in the UAE.
Former home secretary and MP from Bihar’s Arrah, RK Singh, highlighted the issue in the Lok Sabha on Monday (yesterday) during zero hour.
The extremist BJP member claimed that “A country which is giving shelters to the terrorists, who have attacked and had carried out bomb blasts against us, what is a point of playing cricket with that country, I don’t understand,” said Singh.
“Most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim is in Pakistan as the home minister has just stated. You don’t have friendly relations with a country which sends terrorists across the Line of Control everyday. I would request the government to reconsider the decision seriously.”
Earlier, the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman two days ago said that they want to resume cricketing ties with India after waiting for eight long years, with a three-Test, five-ODI and two-Twenty20 matches tour.
“We want to resume India-Pakistan series in the UAE,” Khan, the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, told reporters after a meeting with Indian cricket chief Jagmohan Dalmiya in Kolkata on Sunday.
Jagmohan Dalmiya, BCCI chairman, said he was hopeful the series will go ahead — provided the government gave the green signal.
