Dilemma over IPL scheduling
By unwisely scheduling the IPL during India's general elections, the tournament organisers have placed the government and its security bureaucracy in a cruel dilemma, writes B Raman in the Outlook magazine.
Nishi Narayanan
25-Feb-2013
By unwisely scheduling the IPL during India's general elections, the tournament organisers have placed the government and its security bureaucracy in a cruel dilemma, writes B Raman in the Outlook magazine.
If they suggest a postponement of the tournament, they might give the impression that they have allowed themselves to be intimidated by the terrorists. Such an impression could give added oxygen to the terrorists. If they go ahead with the tournament, despite its clashing with the general elections and despite the deterioration in the security situation, , they could be playing with the security of the lives and property of the citizens of this country.
Nishi Narayanan is a staff writer at ESPNcricinfo