Height of Irresponsibility

A section of the Indian media was deeply hurt over the injustice meted out to the Pakistani players by Indian IPL team owners who did not select them for their respective teams! Armed with the moral support given by them, the Pakistani Govt. and Pakistan Cricket Board chose to become anguished too. Many TV channels, particularly English channels, rose to the occasion and stood for the cause of cricket, the cause of sports. After all, it is cricket that would suffer because of the filthy politics played by Indians, they maintained!

In their crusade, they forgot that IPL cricket team owners are business people and they too have certain rights – right to decide their teams, right to protect their business interests.

After the Indian Govt. gave clearance to Pakistani players being considered for the ensuing IPL championship and even issued 17 visas, it is a fool’s imagination that the same government may direct IPL owners not to consider them!

Even if it is presumed that it is done at the behest of the Govt., what is wrong in it? Has it been done for the first time in the world? All the governments have right to take diplomatic decisions and they do that. But nowhere in the world has the press criticised its government’s diplomatic decisions in such irresponsible manner.

The Govt. Of India rightly responded to the Pakistani allegations asking them to introspect to find out the reasons for such a state of affairs.

But the irresponsible show by Indians was not to end here. Shah Rukh Khan the owner of KKR IPL team came out with his double game. In his vow to please I do not know whom went to the extent of saying that it was ‘humiliating’ to see none of Pakistani players being picked up for IPL. The statement came from the one who was very much in a position to pick up Pakistani players or whoever! With his double game, he put to shame the politicians of the lowest order!

The batting in favour of Pakistan by none but the home minister of India himself is even more unfortunate. With such people in office do we Indians need any foes across the border?

Using P Chidambaram’s remarks, former Pak captain Moin Khan promptly remarked, “It confirms that our cricketers were humiliated and embarrassed.” Cool down Mr. Moin Khan, even Shah Rukh Khan in India feels humiliated!

Another ex-captain Zaheer Abbas said, “I still believe, the statements from Chidambaram and Shah Rukh Khan are no compensation for the treatment meted out our players.” Seems, he expects our Prime Minister to follow suit! I am keeping my fingers crossed! Are you too?

Chidambaram in his statement said that the exclusion of the Pakistani cricketers from the event was a “disservice to cricket” and he could not understand “why the IPL teams acted in the manner.”

The nation is shocked to read this statement in newspapers when it is celebrating 60 years of the Indian Republic!

Do you realise Mr. P Chidambaram, you have done the greatest “disservice to the nation” and the whole nation wants to know “why you acted in the manner.” The nation deserves an answer and an apology.