Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Priyanka Chaturvedi didn’t hold back, branding Pakistan’s sudden decision to play India in the T20 World Cup after threatening a boycott as ‘pathetic.’ The Rajya Sabha MP ridiculed the saga as a mockery, raising pointed questions for the BCCI and linking it to broader governance failures.
‘Shameless! If dignity existed in Pakistan, they’d have firmly said no to the match from the start,’ she stated. The flip-flop, she said, after nationwide anticipation, reveals their unserious approach to bilateral ties.
Public eyes are on the BCCI too, Chaturvedi noted, amid debates over sporting ties post the Prime Minister’s ‘Operation Sindoor’ declarations: no mercy for terror, no deals with Pakistan. ‘We can’t brush aside the unease over this cricket engagement,’ she stressed.
On the legislative front, she slammed the government’s strategy of overpowering opposition through constant barbs. References to multiple books, including a former Army Chief’s, led to pandemonium, yet the PM stayed away from clarifying proceedings.
Labeling it a blow to parliamentary norms, Chaturvedi urged a return to respectful discourse. Her intervention highlights simmering Indo-Pak tensions bleeding into cricket, where national sentiment often overrides fair play.