A day after Shiv Sena renewed its attack on Pakistani cricket players,party executive president Uddhav Thackeray sarcastically said "we should not oppose but welcome" the Pak players. The Sena is receiving flak from different quarters over senior leader Manohar Joshi's statement that Sena chief Bal Thackeray would decide whether to allow Pakistani players to play at Wankhede Stadium here,if they reach the final of ICC World Cup. "There is nothing to worry. Welcome the Pakistani players,shower them with flowers from a helicopter and also felicitate them," Uddhav said mockingly in a statement today. The party has no objection over the players playing in Mumbai,he said. "In fact,the people preventing them from playing should be booked for sedition and hanged at the hands of Ajmal Kasab and Afzal Guru," Uddhav said in sarcastic vein. Referring to Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan's detention at Delhi airport for carrying undeclared cash recently,Uddhav said the Pakistani players can any time come to India with 'lakhs of dollars to use for 'hawala' transactions. "Whatever the World Cup result may be,Pak players should come to Mumbai and a felicitation programme should be arranged at Wankhede Stadium," he said.
