``No obstruction to Pakistan cricket team visiting India'', says Vajpayee (25 November 1998)
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said that if the Pakistani cricket team arrived to play in India, no one would be allowed to obstruct it
25-Nov-1998
25 November 1998
"No obstruction to Pakistan cricket team visiting India", says Vajpayee
Upali Rupasinghe in New Delhi
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said that if the Pakistani
cricket team arrived to play in India, no one would be allowed to
obstruct it.
Mr Vajpayee addressing a press conference at Jaipur in Rajastan said
that no individual or organisation would be allowed to obstruct the
Pakistani cricket team during its proposed tour in India early next
year.
The Prime Minister's assertion came a day after Shiv Sena chief Bal
Thackery's threat not to allow the Pakistani cricket team to play in
India.
Home Minister, Lal Krishna Advani reacted to Shiv Sena supremo's
threat saying he was against the linking of spots with politics.
"Sports, dance and music has nothing to do with national or
international politics" he said.
The West Bengal Marxists joined hands with ruling Bharatiya Janata
Party, promising to roll out the red carpet for the visiting Pakistan
cricket team if it played in Calcutta.
"We all love cricket. We should not equate Pakistan's anti-India
campaign with the cricket team, Calcutta will welcome the team and we
will organise a match here in a big way" said West Bengal Home
Minister Mr Buddhadev Battacharya.
Source :: Daily News (https://www.lanka.net)