Protests continue as two-member Pak team reviews security

March 07, 2016 21:40

Protests against the India-Pakistan match in the upcoming T20 World Cup continued even as a two-member Pakistan team, headed by Director Federal Investigation Agency Usman Anwar and comprising PCB official Ajam Khan, reached Dharamsala this evening to review the security arrangements.

Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee President Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu today fired another salvo at BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur, also a BJP MP from Hamirpur, and claimed that he had earlier opposed any cricketing engagement with Pakistan.

Sukhu said Thakur, who had in August 2015 tweeted against playing Pakistan, said the HPCA chief has now changed his stance.

"Thakur had then said 'Dawood in Karachi. National Security Agency (NSA) wants to meet separatists here. Are you really serious about peace and you expect we'll play cricket with you?' He has changed since his stance," Sukhu pointed out.

"What has changed on ground since Thakur had opposed holding of any cricket matches between the two countries that led him to change his stance on the issue," he asked, adding that on one hand BJP talks about nationalism and on the other its MP is trying to justify the hosting the Indo-Pak match.

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