‘Can Only happen in Gujarat,’ Sanjay Raut on warm welcome for Pakistani cricketers

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ANI, Rawat expressed that such a reception is only possible in Gujarat, and he went on to suggest that the BJP, which formed its government in Maharashtra in the name of Balasaheb Thackeray, is not imbibing the lessons from his legacy. “The Pakistan team can come and get a grand welcome in Gujarat. This can happen only in Gujarat in the country.

If it had happened in any other state, then the people of BJP would have raised a hue and cry. The BJP trys to teach us but they are now responisble for this," Sanjay Raut said. Also Read: LIVE India vs Pakistan Score Updates: Toss at 1:30; India have a history of batting first Sanjay Raut stated that the BJP ought to feel ashamed for extending a warm welcome to the Pakistani cricketers.

"Balasaheb Thackeray stopped the Pakistan team in his time because our soldiers were being murdered. Our Kashmiri Pandits were getting murdered, that is why Balasaheb Thackeray had said that we would not allow Pakistan to come but in the name of Balasaheb Thackeray, the BJP formed a government in Maharashtra. When there is political benefit then BJP people take his name," ANI reported Raut as saying.

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