Kashmiris aspire to become Indian cricketers, says PDP
Reacting to a celebratory tweet by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, wherein, he congratulated Pakistan for winning Champions Trophy semi-finals against England, PDP today asserted that more attention should be given to Kashmiris who support and aspire to become Indian cricketers.
According to a New Delhi-based news gathering agency ANI, PDP leader Waheed Ur Rehman Parra said victory of any cricket team shouldn’t be used for petty politics.
He cited the example of Kashmiri cricketer Parvez Rasool, who plays international cricket for India.
“I think the people, who follow the Indian cricket team, see the players as their role models. And, you have cricketers like Pervez Rasool. There is a Pervez Rasool in every Kashmiri village. We just need to explore that and should not really fall into the statement of politics,” said Parra.
He lamented that the ‘celebrations’ of people like Mirwaiz become news but not of those who celebrate India’s victory.
“There is no offence to such celebrations (Mirwaiz’s), but the problem is that the people who celebrate for the country are not getting acknowledgement across the country,” PDP leader told the agency.
As we were finishing taraweeh,could hear the fire crackers bursting, well played team #Paksitan. Best of luck for the finals!
— Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (@MirwaizKashmir) June 14, 2017
KV Correspondent
