'Pakistan has hockey asia cup ...' boycotted hockey asia cup ... ': Uddhav Thackeray's Sena UBT leaders respond to India's victory in Asia

After the victory of India over Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2025 final, Shiv Sena (UBT) Mla Aaditya Thackeray said Monday that the Indian cricket team should not have played Pakistan as the country boycotted the Hockey Asia Cup in Bihar. SHIV SENA (UBT) Legislature Aaditya Thackeray said: ‘Shake hands, don’t shake hands, take the trophy, don’t take it, it all is a drama. First, we should not have played. Pakistan was able to boycott the Hockey Asia Cup in Bihar. We couldn’t boycott? This whole operation also said they were Indian citizens. killed because they were Hindus. “He added:” Last year we were told that Hindus is suppressed in Bangladesh. That’s why the BCCI called them here and played a bilateral series with Bangladesh. The same Indian government sent rice and grains to Bangladesh. This year there was an attack in Pahalgam. Hindus is dead. Meanwhile, Sanjay Raut, MP of SHIV Sena (UBT), criticized the BJP and the Indian cricket team for playing in the Asia final against Pakistan. Referring to a video he posted on X, Raut said that Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav shook his hand with the head of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Mohsin Naqvi. Sanjay Raut said at a press conference in Mumbai: ‘I don’t know about the false Patriots and dedicated BJP, but the actual Patriots did not see the match yesterday. You did not take the trophy of PCB chief NAQVI, but I shared a video that shakes the Indian captain with them, clicking with a tea. Furthermore, the MP Shiv Sena (UBT) called the match between India and Pakistan an insult to the Indian army and the people who died during the Pahalgam terror attack. “Our question is, why are you playing with Pakistan? You should not offend the soldiers who have been tortured and the people who died in Pahalgam. You didn’t take the trophy, not shook the hand with their captain, but why did you play the game? If you played, then the drama stops, ‘he said. Raut shared a video on X earlier on Monday and called the post-match performance a ‘nationalist drama’. He wrote: ‘Just 15 days ago, at the beginning of the series, they shook their hands and smiled for photos with Pakistan Minister Mohsin Naqvi. And now? Full nationalist drama for the cameras! If patriotism was truly in your blood, you wouldn’t even have walked on the field with Pakistan. Meanwhile, the head of the Maharashtra Congress, Atul Londhe Patil, took a sharp Jibe at the Minister of Trade Union Amit Shah and challenged him as to why the Chairman of the International Cricket Board (ICC) – his son, Jay Shah – did not assure the Pakistan team’s removal. He told Ani: “That’s fine, but we want to ask,” Operation Sindoor “ended? If the game was played to normalize the relationships, would it be understandable, but how can it happen in operation? Is it happening for money? Amit Shah says it is organized by ICC, why can’t ICC with the boy’s presidency?”