Press Statement
4th February 2010
The Peace Mumbai, a coalition of organisations and activists from Mumbai
working towards just peace in the sub-continent in particular, expresses its
grave concern at the highly deplorable farce of keeping Pakistani players
out at the recent auction of the IPL. Things looked so ugly that even the
Union Home Minister, no peacenik by any stretch, has gone on record strongly
disapproving the orchestrated tamasha.
In this context, the Peace Mumbai finds it even more revolting that the Shiv
Sena, in Mumbai, has launched a vile and vicious tirade against an extremely
popular silver screen hero, Shah Rukh Khan, who is also a co-owner of the
Kolkata Knight Riders - one of the participating teams, for voicing his
disapproval of this development. Khan has also made it known that he would
have still hired a Pakistani cricketer had there been any slot available.
While the Union Home Minister has been spared, even though he expressed
exactly the same sort of sentiments, SRK has been chosen as a target clearly
on account his perceived vulnerability on more than one counts.
The Peace Mumbai, in the same vein, would also like to place on record of
its profound appreciation of SRK for his gritty refusal to buckle down. It
also demands that the state government must provide all the legitimate
protection to him in this specific context.
Sukla Sen Varsha R Berry Nasreen Contractor Asad Bin Saif
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