The dates of Pakistan’s cricket team’s India tour have been
declared and there is lot of excitement in the air. But instead of exciting, I
have decided to boycott the coming series. Yes. I am not going to watch, read
or hear any news/communication relating to the matches. This is because,
Pakistan has not yet investigated nor jailed any of the plotters or planners of
the November 2008 Mumbai attack. Prima facie, the attack points to the
involvement of Pakistani state agency. Instead, it has continued the rhetoric
of India not providing enough evidence. Boycotting the series is the
only way I can show my solidarity to the families of the innocent people who
died and support to the brave men guarding our borders.
I know that there will be a lot of temptation to watch these
matches, but I will be resisting it. These is the only way I could register my
protest as a common man. The reason I am not digging the cricket pitch or using
other violent methods is because this will give unnecessary attention to the
series. Boycott is a sure way by which I can make my protest known and send a
clear message across the borders and to BCCI, “For us justice is more important
than sports and we won’t let the masterminds of attacks roam free.” After all,
sports are played to imbibe a sense of fair play and co-operation.
Some people may argue that one should not mixup sports and
politics. Though I agree with their perception, I pity their naivety. Cricket
is not only a sport, but also a means of accruing money for terrorists. If
sports and politics are not to be mixed up, then why aren’t we organizing matches
of kabaddi, football or hockey? And why only cricket?
The reason is amount of money involved. The BCCI and PCB
both will be able to fill up their pockets by playing with national sentiments.
Ironically the BCCI calls itself as a private body for keeping itself outside
the ambit of RTI act, 2005. The TV channels will also get hoards of money by
showing advertisements. The cities where the matches are held may get some
additional tourists. I wouldn’t have objected if these all ended here. However
the main income will be behind the scenes. It will be in form of betting and
match fixing. Thousands of crores of rupees will be transacted during these
high tension matches and ultimately these will go in the hands of terrorists,
because all of these betting rackets are controlled by mafias. These money
whether collected in India or Pakistan, will finally be funded for the
activities of fanatics, lunatics, jihadis
and anti-Indian elements who will use it to kill my fellow brethren. The PCB
and Pakistani players are notoriously famous for match-fixing and spot fixing.
So in anyways, it will be either the Pakistani team or the fixers winning the
game.
The Pakistani players are not to be sympathized either.
Javed Miandad was having a fine fan following in India. He returned this love
and respect by marrying his son to the daughter of India’s most wanted
criminal, Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar. (Link
here)
People might also argue that the series is part of
confidence Building Measures (CBMs) to increase people to people contact as
spectators will come here to watch the matches. However, along with the
spectators come ISI agents. These agents bring with them fake currency in
lakhs. The other issue is the spectators staying in India even after expiry of
Visa and mixing in the local population. (Link
Here) Some of the spectators are ISI agents in disguise who come here along
with fake passports and whose only mission is to reconnaissance the city and targets
for future terrorist’s attacks. One of the mastermind of Mumbai attack and now in
US jails, David Headley confessed of using cricket diplomacy to survey targets
in Mumbai, prior to November 2008 attack. Same was confirmed by Abu Jundal. (Link
Here)
The point I want to make is clear. Time and again our signal
of friendship, whether it be Lahore Bus service or cricket diplomacy, is viewed
by our hostile neighbours as our weakness and its time we say ‘Enough is enough.’
We are not going to face any apocalypse if we are not playing cricket with
Pakistan, but the PCB will surely go bankrupt. If we are playing cricket only
the BCCI, PCB and anti-India elements will get the money and material for
planning and executing the next attack on Indian soil. If the series is viewed
by us, we will be termed as a soft nation with short term memory, who can
easily be fooled by assurances.
I have decided. It is your turn now.
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