Mumbai, April 23: Wading into the ongoing IPL controversy, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray today accused Union Minister and former BCCI chief Sharad Pawar for the mess in the Twenty20 league.
“Pawar has helmed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the parent body of IPL for years. How come now he says that he is no way connected to the Indian Premier League,” Raj told reporters here today.
“If Pawar has nothing to do with IPL, then on whose directions the entertainment tax on T20 matches has been waived off in Maharashtra, where his party is in power with Congress,” he said.
Pawar has brought a bad name to the game of cricket, he alleged.
Raj also raised doubts on Pawar not knowing IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi’s past records that includes involvement in drug trafficking.
–PTI