All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday raised sharp questions in the Lok Sabha, criticising the central government’s stance on holding a cricket match with Pakistan despite ongoing diplomatic and security tensions. Speaking during the discussion on Operation Sindoor, he asked why India was engaging in sports ties with a country for which it has shut down its airspace and refused to allow the use of its water. He stressed that Pakistan’s core objective remains to destabilise India, and called for national unity in the face of external threats. “You have stopped trade with Pakistan, closed your airspace, stopped their ships from entering our waters, then how will you play a cricket match with Pakistan? If blood and water can’t flow together, then why play cricket with Pakistan?” he asked.
