Fury after army team refuses to play cricket in Srinagar
AFP/New Delhi
Cricket chiefs in Jammu and Kashmir were left fuming yesterday after Indias armed forces refused to field a team in a first-class match in the state.
The Jammu and Kashmir team received a walk-over when their opponents Services - representing the Indian armed forces - failed to turn up for a Ranji Trophy match in Srinagar due to start yesterday.
The states former chief minister Farooq Abdullah, who also heads the regions cricket association, said the withdrawal of the Services team sent the wrong signal at a time when violence in Kashmir is on the wane.
The Services have negated what the prime minister, the defence minister and the home minister have said, that Kashmir is normal, a fuming Abdullah said.
We were all waiting for the Services. We were here to welcome them. It looks very bad that, of all teams, Services decided not to come.
He said the incident created a bad image of India.
They have been advised not to come. Now, we will have to find out who has advised them not to come. This incident has got a much larger picture. It is about: is Kashmir normal or not?
Services is saying Kashmir is not normal. To hell with them for that...they want us to burn all the time so that they can remain our masters.
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