Mumbai: Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) has attacked the central government in its mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ over the India-Pakistan cricket match. The editorial said that finally, crossing the pinnacle of shamelessness, the India-Pakistan match was played in Dubai. This match was boycotted in the whole of India including Maharashtra. The patriots switched off their TVs as soon as the match started, but the BJP and its allies closed their doors and windows and enjoyed the game with the Pakistanis wholeheartedly. We specially congratulate Sunil Gavaskar. He spoke the bitter truth.
“The government was adamant on playing cricket with Pakistan”
The mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ said, “The central government has decided to play cricket with Pakistan. The Indian Cricket Board and cricketers will have to accept it. What Gavaskar said has taken the mask off the face of the Modi government. Nana Patekar opposed playing with Pakistan – ‘My people’s blood has been shed. Why should I play with those who shed blood?’ He expressed his sharp opinion. After a long time, Patekar has made this strong attack. The government was adamant on playing cricket with Pakistan. That is, it was the International Cricket Board President Jay Shah. It should be understood that Jay Shah’s ‘papa’ Amit Shah is unfortunately the Home Minister of India. On the basis of what qualification and performance did Amit Shah appoint his son Jay Shah as the President of the Indian Cricket Board?”
“BJP’s role like a two-faced earthworm”
Saamana further said, “There is gambling and betting money in cricket, so Jay Shah was brought into the cricket business for pure business. It has nothing to do with patriotism. This match has not only exposed the hypocrisy of patriotism of the BJP, but also exposed it. A film of Diljit Dosanjh is not being allowed to release in India. The reason is, because a Pakistani actress has worked in it, then in the Asia Cup cricket tournament, Pakistani players now played against India on the field and the Pakistani Cricket Board has earned Rs 1,000 crore in a day, what should be called this? Is this patriotism? The role of the BJP is like a two-faced earthworm.”
“What did our Indian cricket team do?”
It said, “What happened during an international football match 15 days ago? During the match, the Brazilian police beat up an Argentine supporter. The Argentine team was so angry with this incident that the entire team left the field saying, ‘This is an insult to our country.’ They refused to play the match. What did our Indian cricket team do? They played cricket with the Pakistani team that killed 26 innocent Indians. It is said that the Indian team won this match. Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav pretended to dedicate this fixing victory in the cricket match to the army. This is an insult to the Indian Army and the martyrs of Pulwama, Pahalgam. It is being said that the Indian captain did not even shake hands with the Pakistani captain. Why? It is being said that this is a protest against the Pahalgam attack. If there is so much anger and hatred against Pakistan and that country’s cricket team, then why did the Modi government at the Center, which calls itself nationalist, allow this match to be played? Why this pretense?”
“Does the Indian cricket team consider the army and war a game?”
The mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ said, “An Indian soldier fights the enemy of the country and becomes a martyr. He does not take crores of rupees to not go to war. His wife, small children and relatives become orphans. The earth trembles with their pitiful cries, but the Indian cricket team never understood this. Does the Indian cricket team consider the army and war as a game? Asavari Jagdale, daughter of Pune’s Santosh Jagdale, a victim of the Pahalgam attack, broke down in tears. She said, ‘Playing cricket with Pakistan is inviting terrorism and death of innocent people. Have some shame while playing such a game with Pakistan!’ These words of Asavari are heart-breaking, but what about the people in power and the group of our cricket board, for them it is all a game of money.”
“With this excuse, their pretense of Hindutva and nationalism was exposed”
The mouthpiece further said, “How can they be ashamed? India’s victory in the India-Pakistan match was achieved by Jai Shah through ‘Manomilan’. Pakistan Cricket Board got at least thousand crores of rupees from the Dubai match. ‘Satta’ of lakhs and crores was played on the India-Pakistan match. See, who are these bookies and where are they from. It is being told that at least 50 thousand crores of rupees from this reached the gambling dealers of Pakistan. Then, ‘People who ‘bet’ on such matches from Pakistan have fled from India, they are involved in terrorist incidents in Mumbai’, such allegations have been made earlier by the ‘Rashtrabhakt Mandali’ of the ‘BJP’ itself. Then the money from the ‘gambling’ on yesterday’s match also went there. In a way, the BJP government completed the national task of strengthening the hands of those who spread terrorism in India. Through the India-Pakistan cricket match in the Asia Cup on Sunday, the Modiised BJP government openly supported the terrorists. Supported and provided financial help. Every Indian citizen should condemn this act. Maharashtra’s ‘Shinde’ group especially congratulated Indian captain Suryakumar. This is an insult to those Indian women whose vermilion has been wiped off. This is called ‘sycophancy’ in pure Hindi. Under this pretext, their pretense of Hindutva and nationalism was exposed. Shame on your pretense, your hypocrisy!