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"The Pakistan team will be playing matches at Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Bengaluru. At one point or the other, Pak terrorists have attacked these cities," Thackeray said.
The feet of Pakistani players won't be touching Maharashtra but their tour of these cities is a matter of national shame, he said, in an editorial in party mouthpiece "Saamana" here.
Thackeray also flayed BCCI, saying "it was betraying the country for sake of money" and our cricketers were part of the betrayal.
Referring to Pakistan's role in 26/11 and Parliament attacks, Thackeray said playing against Pak cricketers is an insult to our martyr jawans.
Thackeray also criticised Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, saying he had "offered his services to Pakistan" by giving green signal for the Pak tour to India.
"Except for Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar, no one opposed playing cricket with Pakistan," he said.
The Home Ministry on October 30 had cleared Pakistan cricket team's tour of India for a limited-over series beginning December 25.
The Raj Thackeray-led MNS has also opposed the Pak cricket tour.
"Raj saheb had already declared that we will not allow any India-Pak match in Maharashtra," MNS MLA Shishir Shinde said.
In October 1991, Shinde, who was then with Shiv Sena, had dug up the pitch at Wankhede stadium to protest against an India-Pak match which was scheduled to be held there.
The true awaj of the Maratha comes from Balasaheb. He is the only figure in the world who can respond to Muslims in the way they should be responded to. I truly love him for that. I wish he was Prime minister of India. The whole world would have been a better place.
The level of corruption in our country and the collusion between politicos,criminals and business men is a matter of national shame. Dear Bala saheb, i would request you to be enraged at this day-time plundering of our nations resources rather than try to rake up india-pak and marathi--non-marathi divide based issues. Humbly, Rakesh
Balasaheb is absolutely right.26/11 was not an attack on Mumbai ,but it was a dastardly attack on India.Only Fools would believe that by playing cricket and singing Gazals,Pakistan would give up their terrorist designs against India.Till the perpetrators of 26/11 attack are punished sternly by Pak,their cricketers and artists should not be allowed to enter India.
