Pawar visits Bal Thackeray, gets assurance on incident-free IPL
Mumbai:Nationalist Congress Party chief and Union Minister Sharad Pawar on Sunday succeeded in persuading Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray that the latter’s party will neither disrupt the Indian Premier League’s third edition nor it will affect the Australian players’ participation in it. On Sunday, Pawar visited Bal Thackeray
and appealed for withdrawal of Shiv Sena’s threat to Australian players’ participation
in the Indian Premier League’s third season. Pawar reportedly sought Bal
Thackeray’s
cooperation for keeping politics away from sports and allow trouble-free
organization
of the upcoming mega event. Sharad Pawar, who is also Board of Control for
Cricket
in India chief, visited “Matoshree”, the home of Bal Thackeray, in the evening
and the two leaders spent about two hours together. However, speculations were
rife that Pawar, currently facing criticism from nearly all quarters over spiraling
price rise of commodities, could be trying to come close to Shiv Sena party.
