Sir — It is a pity that Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has pretty much done what the Shiv Sena has been doing: Driving away Pakistan-India cricket from town. And all to cock a snook at the Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Anurag Thakur, who happens to be a BJP MP and president of Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association.
I am referring to the shifting of the India-Pakistan T20 World Cup cricket match from the Congress-ruled Himachal Pradesh to West Bengal. The Prime Minister should take a step back from relentlessly baiting the Opposition. As the Dharamsala episode shows, the unspoken contract of accommodation between the Centre and States has broken down. All said and done, it will be the cricket-loving people who will be at loss due to the transfer of the match.