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Khurshid backs visa to Miandad, MPs question decision
Thursday January 03, 2013 09:26:36 PM,
IANS
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Bangalore: Indian
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Thursday said the
government followed proper procedures in giving a visa to former
Pakistan cricket captain Javed Miandad, whose visit has sparked
off a political controversy.
Miandad, now a senior official of the Pakistan Cricket Board
(PCB), would arrive in India Jan 5 to watch a one-day cricket
match between India and Pakistan in New Delhi the following day.
"It's a decision that has been taken by the government. I can't
blame the home ministry, I cannot blame ourselves; it's a decision
taken by the government. What are the circumstances, what is
considered, when is the approval given, what goes into it is
something that is an internal government matter," Khurshid told
reporters here.
The visit of Miandad, whose son Junaid is married to Mahrukh,
daughter of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, wanted in the 1993
Mumbai serial blasts, has sparked a controversy with leaders of
the Congress and the Shiv Sena demanding his visa be cancelled.
"Giving visa to his (Dawood Ibrahim's) relative is wrong. We still
consider Dawood Ibrahim the most wanted and have been asking
Pakistan to send him back. Giving a visa to his relative will hurt
the sentiments of people in India," Congress MP Jagdambika Pal
said Wednesday.
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut also slammed the government for
granting visa to Miandad.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said the government and security
agencies should be alert about visitors so that the spirit of the
game is not crushed.
"It should be ensured that the spirit of the game should not be
crushed. The government and the security agencies should be alert
as to who is coming or not so that the game should be played in a
sportsmanship and a good environment," BJP spokesperson Mukhtar
Abbas Naqvi told reporters in Delhi.
Khurshid said the media was not supposed to question the
government's decision.
"It's not your (media) job to ask these questions. It is a job
that the home ministry has to ask and answer itself and they have
taken a decision. No Pakistani visa gets cleared without home
ministry clearance and the ministry would take inputs from all
agencies, including from our missions abroad. And, I think that's
an internal procedure," said the minister.
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