Aditya Thackeray opposed the India-Pakistan Asia Cup 2025 match.

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader and MLA Aditya Thackeray has taken a tough stand against the upcoming Asia Cup 2025 cricket match between India and Pakistan. Thackeray wrote a letter to Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandavia, questioning the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to play the match with Pakistan and demanded intervention from the central government.

In his letter, Aditya Thackeray, in his letter, citing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement ‘blood and water not flowing together’, said that when the country is facing terrorist attacks, playing cricket with Pakistan is an insult to national sentiments. He especially mentioned the recent Pahalgam terror attack, in which many innocent people were killed. Thackeray alleged that this decision of BCCI has been taken under the greed of economic benefits, which is against the honor of the armed forces and the nation.

In the letter, Thackeray wrote that it would be shameful if BCCI thinks that he is above the Prime Minister’s statement from the Red Fort. The central government and our army have repeatedly said that Pakistan is behind the Pahalgam attacks. In such a situation, this step of BCCI reduces the sacrifice of the soldiers and martyrs of the country. He demanded the central government that he stopped BCCI from playing with Pakistan in the Asia Cup.

Thackeray also said that even though his party may be in opposition, it has always been united on the issue of national interest and security of the country. Citing Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray and former Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, he said that unless Pakistan stops supporting terrorism, no relation should be kept with him.