Sri Ram Sene to stage protest against Indo-Pak cricket match

Mumbai: Calling the decision of allowing India-Pakistan cricket match a sad and disturbing one by the central government, the Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray has announced Sindoor Raksha Abhiyan on Sunday across the state. Thackeray slammed the Modi government for the ‘failed foreign policies’ and said that the government is giving importance to trade and revenue over nationalism.

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray addresses a press conference, in Mumbai, on Saturday. (PTI)

The Shiv Sena (UBT) has opposed the India-Pakistan Asia Cup match in Abu Dhabi on Sunday in the backdrop of the Pehalgham attack in April, killing 26 lives. Thackeray addressed a press conference on Saturday to announce the protest by party’s women workers on Sunday and said that it would be a “Har Gharse Sindoor’ protest, in which Sena women will send boxes of Sindoor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He also appealed to PM Modi to call off the match and show that he gives utmost importance to nationalism.

“The BJP-led government and their leader give importance to trade and revenue which is expected to be generated from the match. They had shifted a final match of a league in the past to Ahmedabad from Mumbai for the sake of revenue. I am sure the countrymen will give utmost importance to nationalism and oppose the match by not even watching it on the television. I am asking if the BJP will term the people, including BCCI’s Jay Shah, a traitor for watching the India-Pakistan match tomorrow,” he said.