The anti-Pakistan demonstration from hardline Hindu outfit is now spreading outside Mumbai as a few Shiv Sena extremists disrupted a play performed by a few Pakistani actors in Gurgaon, located 32 kilometres (20 mi) south-west of New Delhi.
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MCG Public Relations Officer SS Rohilla said, “We had given an application to Sector 29 police station and they had sent only two cops to spot but they were no nowhere to be seen when this ruckus happened”.
However, the situation was soon brought under control and the play was completed successfully. Further taking dig at estranged cousin–Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, Raj said, “What has the Sena delivered in one year of its rule in Maharashtra”.
The only good thing coming from the visit was Washington’s support for democracy and desire for dialogue between Pakistan and India. It wasn’t until the organisers forced the slogan-chanting men off stage that the play resumed. “They are a crucial component and they should be allowed to continue being a part of it. We have also been to Pakistan several times and got lot of love and affection of the people there”.
“We have been visiting India since 2008 and have staged plays in different parts of the country”, local newspapers quoted Nawaz as saying. “That is what matters”.
Even as the Shiv Sainiks were disrupting the play, the audience present at the venue objected to their behaviour, asking them to leave the place at once. Actor Zoya Qazi said “The support made us happy”.
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This peace campaign is a fitting reply to Shiv Sena – the self-appointed conscience-keeper of India. Later, they doused with ink the organiser of a book launch event for ex-Pakistan foreign minister Khurshid Kasuri.
