"PM should answer this question": Tejashwi Yadav on India-Pakistan match

Patna (Bihar) [India], September 14 (ANI): Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav slammed Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government over India-Pakistan Asia Cup 2025.
Referring to PM Modi's statement after Operation Sindoor, Yadav should answer the question about why the match is being held.
"The Prime Minister used to say that sindoor runs in his veins; it is he who should answer this question. The people who had sindoor running in their veins are the ones who are organising the match... Pakistan is the BJP's partner; everyone knows this," Yadav said.
"According to their convenience, sindoor runs in their veins, sometimes there is a ceasefire, and sometimes there is a match between India and Pakistan, and sometimes the ties of blood and water are stopped... It is the PM who should answer this question," he added.
Earlier in the day, Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) leader Jayant Patil on Sunday slammed the Central government over the India-Pakistan cricket match in the Asia Cup, alleging that their "colour keeps changing after every month."
"The leaders of the BJP were saying two months ago that blood and water will not flow together, and today they are saying that we will play cricket against Pakistan. Their colour keeps changing after every month, and this is why our foreign policy has been failing continuously, and the world has experienced this," he told reporters.
Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya said that the Indian cricket team is adhering to the rules while justifying India's scheduled cricket match against Pakistan in the Asia Cup.
"But when international matches are held and we want to continue as part of international tournaments, we have to be a part of it under compulsion. The country does not want to play against Pakistan very happily," Maurya said.
The high-voltage contest is underway at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium with Pakistan opting to bat first after winning the toss. Both teams are heading into the contest on the back of convincing wins in their respective openers. (ANI)