Chidambaram assures safety of Pakistani and Oz cricketers in Mumbai
merisarkar news service
New Delhi, February 01, 2010
We reject Shivsena's thesis: P. Chidarmaram
Home Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said that the government will provide foolproof security to Australian and Pakistani cricket players if the participate in IPL matches.
On Shiv Sena's threat to Australian and Pakistani players' participation in the IPL cricket event in Mumbai, he asserted that the government would "guarantee them full security."
"We reject the thesis of the Shiv Sena. Mumbai belongs to all of India and all Indians are free to live and work in Mumbai," he said in response to a question in a press conference in New Delhi.
Home Minister said that the government of Maharashtra is able to deal with the situation and the center is ready to provide any support that would be needed.
"If the Government of Maharashtra seeks our advice, we will advise them but I am sure they are competent to manage the situation," he said.
"But, as a matter of policy, we reject the theses of the Shiv Sena and the MNS. These are pernicious theses and they have to be rejected."
Shiv Sena had on Sunday objected to the RSS view that Mumbai is for all Indians and told it that the western metropolis belongs to Marathi people only.
