Pak players should not play in IPL: Shiv Sena

Hi Everyone,It is disturbing to have groups that will alter the image of india as a state that would bear groups like shiv sena RSS, VHP, BJP.They are bad stigma on the name of indian democracy, this country needs to develop and as long as we have such groups within our country who care less for the country and are based more on terrorism. This is pure terrorism and still the goverment capable of doing everything is still looking quite on this disturbing forces within the nation. I would say these type of parties based on religion cast and creed should be banned for ever and there leaders should be held accountable for all the hatred that is sworn in the hearts of innocent nationals of this country.Every citizen of this country is respectable equally and we have to honor everyone in equal way without building barriers among ourselves and uproot such forces that becomes a source of such terrorism and speration within our country.Jai Hind..

Hate mongers RSS, Shiv Sena and BJP collecting funds overseas in the name of teaching adivasis and forcibly thrusting hinduism on them. Wake up 'World', RSS/ShivSena are terrorist organizations operating within India. Investigate their affairs. Stop them before they massacre any more in the name of democracy.

DEEPALI NANDWANI - You are great,Al-Qaida and these Sena likes are thugs they rule like terrorists do.

SHIVAJI Park, at the heart of Mumbai, is the nursery of Indian cricket. Legends like Sunil Gavaskar, Ajit Wadekar, Subhash Gupte and Sachin Tendulkar have grown up playing cricket on its sprawling grounds. Most residents of the buildings surrounding Shivaji Park have played cricket either in the park or in the narrow gullies that crisscross the area. Ironically, Shivaji Park and Dadar, its neighbouring area, are also Shiv Sena strongholds. The residents of these areas were once the biggest supporters of the Sena and its 'son of the soil' ideology. No longer. When crazed Sainiks dug up the Ferozshah Kotla Stadium's cricket pitch in Delhi or stormed into the Mumbai office of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, beat up its staff, and smashed the cricket trophies, they did not realise they were alienating their own support base.

Shiv Sena's rabble-rousing against the Pakistani cricket team, its pig-headed insistence on not allowing Pakistani cricketers to play in India and its strong-arm tactics have shocked the middle class Maharashtrians, for whom cricket is more than just a game. Anger against the party they once rooted for is obvious. Nilesh More was a student of the Balmohan Vidya Mandir, Tendulkar's alma mater and captain of the under-14 and under-16 cricket teams of the Bengal Club. He wonders why Thackeray is bringing politics into a game they all love so passionately. Ashish Wadekar who captained the Balmohan Vidya Mandir's cricket team, says: "My parents were Sena supporters. My kaka was a member of the Shiv Sena. But now they are embarrassed by what is happening. They say the Sena has gone too far by doing things like breaking up the BCCI office." And what does he feel about it? "I don't know," he shrugs. "I only hope that the cricket match takes place. We were looking forward to watching it on TV."

Sadashiv Rao, who has represented Maharashtra inthe Ranji cricket tournaments says: "Cricket is such a passion for most Indians that there is bound to be a lot of anger against the Sena's threats and goondagardi. There is at leastone budding cricketer in every Maharashtrian home." By attacking the BCCI office, the Sena was just continuing its tradition of violence. In the last four years in office, the party hascontinued to indulge in violent acts. Likebreaking up theatres to stop them from showing Deepa Mehta's film Fire because itdepicts a lesbian relationship or thedisruption of the concert of Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali at Centaur Hotel in Juhu inNorth Mumbai. Unfortunately for the Sena, the recent acts of vandalism have boomeranged and it faces widespread condemnation from itsown constituents.

Ravish Desai, a cricketer from the G.D.SomaniSchool, fumes: "Pakistanis are cricketers and not mad bombers. They are certainly not enemies." Ashish Naik, who was coaching withformer cricketer Dilip Vengsarkar's Elf Academy,is equally agitated: "When we are allowed to play in Pakistan, we should also allow them to play in our country. And cricket is a game toenjoy and not to be used for political ends."Everywhere, you hear the angry voices of peopleasserting that the Sena has gone too far. That, under the guise of nationalism and patriotism, the rabble-rousing is just a ploy to grab public attention and underline the party'snuisance value. To take attention away from the fact that Thackeray is losing support on all fronts, that his government hasperformed miserably. So, the only way Sena can gain attention is by taking up the cricket issue.

Pakistan has been a trouble making country for India since independence. However, recently the trouble has been reduced, with cease fire along LOC is holding up to a large extent. At the same time insidious activities such as training terrorists and pushing ghtem in India are still going on by ISI. It is hard to believe that Pakistani Govt. does not have control over ISI. On the other hand, railway and bus link have been restored, and both countries are doing business in crores of ruppees. So even though Pakistan or ISI are trying to bleed India by thousand cuts, on the face of it, lots of things are carried out as normal. It is a very strange relationship. Under the circumstances, it does not make much sense to stop Pakistani cricketers from playing in IPL or in Mumbai. Indian team which has Mumbai players are also visiting Pakistan. So, by Shivsena's logic, even Indian team, especially Mumbai players also should not visit Pakistan. However, it is not going to happen. So, it is best to leave sportsman, artist and businessmen, etc. separate from other problems.

SS should realize sport is sport, and it has nothing to do with politics. If they have any problem on any level than they should register a protest with the officials instead issue threat.Its very unfortunate this dadagiri politics has grown up in our civilized society. Nobody can just take liberty to attack anybody because one is prejudical toward them. SS by its attitude is displaying its not a tolerant party. In democracy one has to live with differences and majority's opinion. Recently in SA it became an issue that proportionate number of colored people were taken into the team and the coach was fired. In sport one has to go with the spirit of the game and not with the bend toward biases. Its high time for SS to look at things with universal spirit. SS should go for elections on positive note. So many issues are bothering the state, from Farmers to discrimination in universities. Still Dalits get rough treatment. It w'd have been better if SS cntd its tirade against problematic BD

Nautankeeji,I am a school teacher, I also love your comments.You openly love everyone from every religion and caste, and you simply hate terrorists and thugs.

Mr.Nautankee,you are our hero.We love you. You always talk of respect for everyone and you hate terrorists.

worried indian-I am neither pro or against the Congress.If the congress does something wrong then please do vote them out, but the problem is that our Hinduism is directly being misused by thugs like Modi,Advani

Mr.Dilip/France,please do not use foul language.

Sir,I fully agree with Mr.Nautankee. Indira Gandhi was the perfect Indian leader and because of her India become a power.If she was alive,Advani, Modi or Thackeray would not have being doing gundagardi and Pakistan would have not become a terrorist state.She would have sent the Indian forces deep inside to stop anti Indian campaign.

A low life junkie and an agent provocateur,shamelessly peddles fiendish propaganda,in this forum, without any understanding of facts and figures. The gerriatric drug dealer is deluded with Congress thugs clap trap,so confused slavishly licks the ass off all these despicable Congress buffouns.These ferals have ruined our motherland,conned the poor,robbed the dispossed and muuged the pious hindus.This is what this schizophrinic junkie is proud off.All I would say if Vallabhai Patel was alive today, he would have kicked the arse of all these crooks and drug dealers for selling our hindu dharma and hindusthan, to some fascist and nazi jihadis and islamists.The hoodlum must shift his ass to Kandahar, as he is a traitor and a hindu imposter.

DEAR EDITOR- ONLY VIGROUS CAMPAIGNS BY EXPRESSINDIA CAN RESTORE SANITY TO IPL- IPL IS ENETERTAINMENT CRICKET -PAID FOR BY INDIANS -FOR INDIANS- THEREFORE MUST BE PLAYED BY INDIANS ONLY- NOT ONLY BY ESTABLISHED INDIAN CRICKET PLAYERS BUT ALSO UPCOMING YOUNG ONES- TO POPULARISE TEAM SPORTS IN INDIA AS LARGER TEAM BUILDING AS A NATION.. IPL MUST ALSO MEAN INDIAN PATRIOTS LEAGUE- NO PLACE FOR PAKISTANIS.. SADLY SHIV SENA INDULGES IN POLITICS-NOT PATRIOTISM OR PROFESSIONALISM THATS WHY MOST INDIANS IGNORE SHIVSENA POLITICS..MEDIA BRAVE HEARTS MUST BE THE JAWANS IN CIVIE STREETS LIKE OUR BRAVE JAWANS CONFRONTING PAKISTANI ENEMIES TROOPS ON BORDERS..

If Indira Gandhi was alive then she would have put Mahatama Gandhijis danda in Advanis and Thackerays arse, and she would have sent Indian forces inside the terrorist state to fight terrorists. She did it when she got Mujibur Rehman released.Indira Gandhi was the bravest women India ever had.She would have put Lal Mirchi on the danda and shove it behind Advani for telling lies on the Kandar issue.She would have put the same danda in Thackerays rear side for creating friction.Indians have become foreigners in India because of these thugs.

I am not a big fan of Thackrey or Modi or Advani. But I unfortunately I have to agree with thes thugs about the Pakis. They, Pakis, started border infiltration, have madrassahs where Jihadis are trained, the hindus have to leave Kashmir. The entire country of Pakistan is in doldrums, they have no industry, no good Universities such as IIT and IIM, no viable middle classes, no world class scientists. Their democracy is a sham, actually no country in the Middle East has democatic government other than Israel. So why have any contacts with a medeival terrorist state? Please give me one good reason!