Indo-Pak World Cup clash should go ahead: Prakash Padukone

The
match
on
October
24
will
be
the
World
Cup
opener
for
both
the
sides.
“I
personally
feel
sports
should
not
be
mixed
with
politics
and
it
should
go
ahead,
that
is
my
personal
opinion,
whether
it
happens
or
not,
I
am
no
authority,
I
am
nobody
to
comment,”
Padukone
said
on
the
sidelines
of
an
event
at
the
National
Sports
Club
of
India
here.

“But
if
you
ask
my
personal
opinion,
I
think
the
match
should
go
ahead,
they
have
played
in
the
past,
so
many
times,
so
this
is
no
different,”
he
added.

The
Aam
Aadmi
Party
(AAP),
which
is
in
government
in
Delhi,
on
Tuesday
said
the
match
should
be
cancelled
in
view
of
the
recent
killing
of
civilians
by
terrorists
in
Kashmir.

Addressing
a
press
conference,
AAP
MLA
Atishi
said
there
should
not
be
any
cricket
between
the
two
countries
until
Pakistan
stops
sponsoring
terrorism
in
Jammu
and
Kashmir.

“I
am
sure
that
not
only
the
AAP
but
even
the
BJP
and
its
leadership
as
well
as
the
prime
minister
will
agree
that
until
Pakistan
stops
sponsoring
terror
attacks
in
India
territory,
there
should
not
be
any
cricket
match
between
India
and
Pakistan,”
she
said
in
a
press
conference
in
Delhi.

So
far
in
this
month,
11
civilians
have
been
killed
by
terrorists
in
Kashmir.
On
Sunday,
terrorists
shot
dead
two
workers
from
Bihar
and
injured
another
after
barging
into
their
accommodation
in
Kulgam
in
south
Kashmir.