Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevabi questioned the choice to organise a musical extravaganza earlier than the much-awaited India-Pakistan match to be held on October 14 on the Narendra Modi Stadium. Playing with Pakistan is a special factor however taking part in ‘Band Baaja Baarat with a rustic you accuse of terror is one thing else’, the Congress MLA wrote asking the necessity for the pre-match celebration wherein Arijit Singh will carry out. Arijit Singh’s efficiency will begin at 12.30pm earlier than the match.

Slamming BCCI for insulting the households of martyrs, Mevani requested whether or not it’s honest to accord such particular remedy to just one match and if such an method is just not harmful for the expansion of cricket. “Interestingly, no musical performance was organised to mark the opening ceremony of the World Cup which was incidentally played at the same Narendra Modi stadium. But now in the middle of the tournament you find a special treatment for one match,” Mevani tweeted.

“This is unjust, unfair and so much against the spirit of cricket. Moreover, BCCI should not operate under the whims and fancies of any individual because in the long run, only institutions stay and individuals vanish. The approach has to be robust and one that promotes the overall interest of cricket,” Mevani added.

Apart from Arijit Singh, Shankar Mahadevan and Sukhwinder Singh will take part within the pre-match occasion.

Security has been tightened all throughout the state as archrivals India and Pakistan will face one another for the primary time within the World Cup Cricket 2023. More than 6,000 personnel of the Gujarat police pressure together with these of the NSG, RAF and NDRF will likely be deployed in Ahmedabad metropolis and on the Narendra Modi Stadium within the Motera space in the course of the match, state DGP Vikas Sahay mentioned. “Since the match would end at around 10.30 pm, all the units of Gujarat police across the state have been directed to be on alert mode after 8 pm tomorrow,” Sahay mentioned. Earlier this week, the Ahmedabad crime department arrested a person for allegedly sending an electronic mail threatening an assault on the Narendra Modi Stadium within the metropolis. The accused had allegedly despatched an electronic mail claiming that there can be a blast on the stadium.