Sharjah: Former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif urges everyone to play 'waiting game' on controversy involving Bangladesh cricketer Mustafizur Rahman and his association with Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).“I am not so knowledgeable, I have been sitting here in Dubai for 2-3 weeks. What will be the decision? Everything comes under this.” bcci“The decision is in their hands,” ILT20 commentator Kaif said on the sidelines of the tournament in UAE.
He further said, “I will not sit here and share any opinion because it is a sensitive issue. You should play the waiting game because what is happening, what movement will happen, we can write (but in reality) there is no movement.”Go beyond limits with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!“So I think we should not just jump the gun. We should just wait and see, whatever the decision is, BCCI is sitting there, they run the big leagues, they know what to do and how to do it,” the former India cricketer said.Earlier, spiritual guru Devkinandan Thakur had launched an attack against the Bollywood actor and KKR co-owner. Shahrukh Khan Mustafizur was called a “traitor” when he was signed in the IPL auction.Thakur had controversially said, “The way Hindus are being tortured in Bangladesh, women and girls are being raped, their houses are being burnt, and anti-India slogans are being raised there. Despite all this, traitors like Shahrukh Khan, I am calling them traitors because whatever they have is given by India, given by the people of India, but where do they invest this money? They invest it in players from such a country. Who are working against India.”He clarified that these comments were not motivated by personal animosity, saying, “I have never met Shahrukh Khan. I don't know him. I have only seen his posters.” I don't watch movies. I do not do things that corrupt the character of the world.”He said, “I am a Hindu religious leader and Hindus are being killed. Hindus are being killed in Bangladesh and you have brought a Bangladeshi cricketer in your team?”
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The issue has triggered political reactions across the country, including from leaders of the BJP, Congress, NCP, CPI(M), Samajwadi Party and Shiv Sena (UBT).These comments come after tensions over the safety of Hindus in Bangladesh. Dipu Chandra Das, a garment factory worker in Bangladesh's Mymensingh district, was beaten to death by a mob, his body hanged and set on fire for alleged blasphemy.Another Hindu youth was beaten to death on charges of extortion in Hosendanga village of Kalimohor union in Pangsha sub-district of Rajbari.
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