He said Kangra is home to a large number of soldiers, including Kargil War heroes like Captain Vikram Batra and Captain Saurabh Kalia and a war memorial is located close to Dharamsala stadium.
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“BCCI should either cancel or shift the match to other state to honour the sentiments of families of martyrs”, HPCC president Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said.
Shimla: The 2016-17 union budget has disappointed government employees as a rebate in income tax limit remained a distant dream for them, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said on Monday. It is pertinent to mention here that the Himachal Pradesh government is led by so-called moderate political party, and not the hardliner Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
President of Himachal Pradesh Ex-servicemen League Vijay Singh Mantokia, in his letter to Modi, stated that “Pakistan Zindabad” slogans will not be relished as the death of their soldiers are still being mourned. “I think if the match takes place in Dharamshala, it would be against the will of the people of Himachal Pradesh”, he added. “The allotment of matches for the World Cup were finalised many months ago”, Thakur told reporters in Delhi on Tuesday.
According to a report on India TV website, the state government has stated it can not provide security to the visiting team. “If Assam can host the South Asian Games, and 100-plus athletes from Pakistan can participate, then why is it not possible for Himachal government [to host the WT20 match]?” By claiming that you can not provide security, you are only giving credence to Pakistani claims that there is a security threat to their team in India.
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Thakur did not waste the opportunity to play ping pong with Singh, pointing out that some of the local Himachal politicians who were now protesting against allowing Pakistan to play in Dharamsala had made no objections when Pakistan played a tour match in 2005 in the scenic tourist city.
