My NEWS readers agree with P Chidambaram that the Gujarat riots and not shifting the IPL were a national shame
My NEWS readers agree with P Chidambaram that the Gujarat riots and not shifting the IPL were a national shame
Not holding the IPL in India, or to be more pertinent, not allowing it to be held on grounds of inadequate security, seems to have taken the breath away from people for whom the "tamasha" meant everything.
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Politics at play:u00a0 Gujarat CM Narendra Modi criticised the government for shifting the IPL out of India. file pic |
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has accused Home Minister P Chidambaram of cowing down to terrorists.
But even in his own citadel, he would not be able to provide adequate security to cricketers and cricket fans. If militants succeeded in carrying out another attack like the one on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore, India would lose its credibility on the international circuit.u00a0u00a0
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Lalit Modi's decision to hold the tournament in South Africa testifies to the fact that the trailer dished out to the Sri Lankans in Pakistan could jeopardize the holding of this event in India.
Modi needs to do a little soul searching. Was the holding of the IPL in India, given the circumstances, really warranted? If his answer still is in the positive, then he still has a lot to learn about the nation's interests. At the end of it all, cricket is insignificant as compared to national security. Then why lose sleep over a trifle?
Narendra Modi didn't think before he said that it was shameful to move IPL out of India. Chidambaram's reply to him was apt. Modi needed a reminder about the Gujarat riots, which he seems to have forgotten about, but Indians can never forget theu00a0 hundreds of innocent people killed during the Godhra carnage. The Modi government seemed indifferent to the massacre.u00a0u00a0
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Today, despite the threat of terror looming over our heads, Modi is of the opinion that the IPL should have been hosted in India. One shudders at the motive of such politicians.u00a0u00a0
Elections are more important than IPL, and relevant security is also important. Hence, seeing the day-to-day situation, it is understood that security cannot be provided to both at a time. So, the decision taken by the home ministry to shift the IPL from India was for the best.u00a0
