With barely 20 days to go, the troubled Indian Premier League was today a severe jolt today with Maharashtra Police calling for the league's postponement, saying providing security for both IPL and the elections will put extra strain on the forces.
Maharashtra's DG (Elections) Suprabhat Chakravarty said that his forces would be busy with election duty and suggested that the league be put off till after the elections. 
"There is no point in putting extra strain on policemen. They are already busy due to elections. Even if there is no election at the venue where the IPL is being held, those people would be very busy with bandobast duty. It is very strenuous," he said. 
"So, why is there a need to put extra strain. I mean, it can always be held after April 30 when the Maharashtra polling is over. Election period will be still on but will be a little better off. Give it a couple of days' gap and then hold it. That is my personal view," he added.
The Maharashtra DG's statement came as a surprise for IPL organisers, who had allotted as many as 18 matches to the state, including 14 in Mumbai alone. 
While IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi declined to comment on the latest development, tournament director Neeraj Malhotra said the Twenty20 league may shift a few matches out of Maharashtra.u00a0 "We are working around it. We have been told that we can't hold all the 18 matches there. We are trying to work it out. The revised schedule should be out by this weekend, " he explained. 
Maharashtra's security concerns is the latest in a series of problems for the multi-million dollar league, which has revised its schedule as many as three times to get the Home Ministry's clearance.

With barely 20 days to go, the troubled Indian Premier League was today a severe jolt today with Maharashtra Police calling for the league's postponement, saying providing security for both IPL and the elections will put extra strain on the forces.

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