Mumbai, July 4 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Friday slammed the Centre for allegedly granting a nod to Pakistan to play the Hockey Asia Cup in India.

Speaking to reporters, Thackeray said, "Hockey Asia Cup is going to be held in Bihar. The Union Ministry of Sports has given an NOC to Pakistan's team to participate in it. If no one objects, BCCI will soon grant permission to Pakistan to participate in the Cricket Asia Cup as well. Now, when we are fighting a country's terror ideology, the central government wants our players to play hockey against the same Pakistan in our country, and cricket in the UAE."

Further, Thackeray questioned the BJP over the Pahalgam attack and multi-party delegations sent to various countries ...