Nashik, Sept. 14 -- Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) senior leader and former state president Jayant Patil criticised the union government for allowing an India-Pakistan cricket match despite its earlier hardline stance that "blood and water cannot mix".
Referring to the recent Pakistan-linked Pahalgam terror attack, Jayant Patil said it was inappropriate to play cricket with Pakistan under such circumstances. He noted that the BJP-led Centre's stand on the issue has changed within a month.
Jayant Patil, who was in Nashik for a state-level party camp, told reporters that the NCP-SP opposes the India-Pakistan match. The party women's wing chief Rohini Khadse also voiced opposition to the game, while targeting the state gov...