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Shiv Sena threatens Shahrukh Khan for 'supporting' Pakistan players | Shiv Sena Party on Friday issued a warning to Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan for supporting the selection of Pakistan players in Indian Premiere League
(IPL) tournament. Khan, also a franchisee of Kolkata Knight Riders cricket team
in the IPL, had said he wished Pakistan cricketers were playing in the forthcoming
edition of this cash-rich tournament. Khan had made the statement on Wednesday,
while promoting his upcoming film 'My Name is Khan' in India's western Ahmedabad
city. Threatening with consequences, Shiv Sena spokesperson, Sanjay Raut, said,
"If he has courage, let him take the players... Shahrukh Khan talks about Pakistani
players, if he has courage let him take them, let them play, we will see what
is to be done then." Raut also hit out against Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh
Ambani, franchisee of the Mumbai Indians team of the IPL, for his comment that
Mumbai belongs to all Indians. Admitting that Mumbai and Maharashtra are parts
of the country, Raut said, the first right belonged to Maharashtrians, when it
came to issues like employment. "Mumbai is the capital city of Maharashtra and
Shiv Sena or Shiv Sena chief have never said that Mumbai or Maharashtra do not
belong to the country. We are responsible citizens of this country and Maharashtra
is also a part of the country. But when it comes to employment or any such other
issue, the first right belongs to the natives (of the city)," said Raut. Ambani's
comments drew strong criticism from Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray who lashed out
against the industrialist in the party's mouthpiece 'Saamna'. Shiv Sena is known
for its violent anti-immigrant rhetoric, and the stringent belief that Mumbai
belongs to the ethnic Marathi community and not "outsiders". |
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