New Delhi: A BJP member in Lok Sabha on Monday asked the government not to hold an Indo-Pak cricket series questioning the need for having sporting ties with a country which shelters terrorists responsible for carrying out attacks in India.
Former Union Home Secretary and BJP MP RK Singh said at a time when terror mastermind Hafiz Saeed is roaming freely in Pakistan and another terrorist Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi has been granted fresh bail, "what is point of playing cricket with them...I do not understand."
The government should not hold such a cricket series or "reconsider" any decision on the matter as Home Minister Rajnath Singh has informed the House that Mumbai serial blasts mastermind Dawood Ibrahim has been given shelter in Pakistan, he said.
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While most BJP members were silent, he got support from the Opposition benches when he raised the issue during Zero Hour.
Reports have it that in December, India could take on Pakistan in their first 'away' bilateral cricket series in almost a decade.
India and Pakistan cricket board chiefs met in Kolkata on Sunday and said that the series would likely comprise three Tests, five one-day internationals and two T20 games.
