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Rajeev Shukla condemns attack on BCCI office by Shiv Sena workers

Shiv Sena workers protested Shashank Manohar's scheduled meeting with PCB chief Shaharyar Khan

New Delhi: IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla on Monday strongly condemned the attack on the BCCI's headquarters at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai by Shiv Sena workers protesting against the Board president Shashank Manohar's scheduled meeting with Pakistan Cricket Board chief Shahryar Khan.

Shukla wrote on his twitter handle,

He further tweeted,

The Indian Premier League chairman added,

Shiv Sena workers were protesting against BCCI chief Manohar's meeting with PCB chairman Shahryar, to discuss the fate of bilateral series slated for December.

The Sena workers barged into the BCCI office holding anti-Pakistan placards and shouted slogans against Shahryar Khan, who is in Mumbai to meet the newly elected BCCI president.

The protesters "gheraoed" BCCI chief Manohar's desk and said they will not allow any cricket ties with Pakistan.

The right-wing party has been protesting anything that has to do with Pakistan, and the proposed series is the latest in the series.

( Source : PTI )
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