Sangh affiliate calls for boycott of IPL tourney

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 3

RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagaran Manch today slammed the IPL governing council and called for boycott of the T20 cricket tournament to be held in the UAE in September.

“The whole world is boycotting China and the IPL council is sheltering them. They should understand that nothing is above the nation, not even cricket,” said Ashwani Mahajan, manch national co-convener.

The RSS’ economic wing is at the forefront of a nationwide campaign against Chinese goods and services in the wake of the violent face-off along the LAC in Ladakh.

“The IPL governing council has shown disrespect to the soldiers martyred in clashes with the Chinese,” said Mahajan, dismayed over the decision to organise the cricket matches with the sponsorship of a Chinese mobile phone company, Vivo.