Mumbai, Sept. 11 -- Maharashtra Samajwadi Party President Abu Asim Azmi on Thursday said that India should not have played Pakistan in the ongoing Asia Cup 2025, calling it government's "double standard" policy to go ahead with the fixture.

Azmi said that several innocent lives were lost in the Pahalgam terror attack but the government still allowed BCCI to proceed ahead with the match.

"So many people were killed. Government said that they will teach Pakistan a lession and 140 crore people were standing in support of the government at that time but now I am not able to understand this double-standard policy. How can there be a match with Pakistan? I support the protest against the India-Pakistan cricket match...Something fishy is going...