India’s Home Minister Rajnath Singh said Friday that paramilitary forces will be provided to ensure security to the March 19 World Twenty20 cricket match between India-Pakistan scheduled in Dharamsala.
A cloud hangs over the marquee match between India and Pakistan in Dharamsala on March 19 with Himachal Pradesh’s ex-servicemen protesting against the game in the wake of January 2 Pathankot terror attacks.
Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Tuesday had written a letter to the union home minister stating that his government cannot provide security for the match.
The chief minister had also said that war veterans of the state did not want the Indo-Pak match to be held in Dharamsala.
“They are not opposing the holding of matches. They are against the Pakistan team playing in Himachal Pradesh,” Singh had said.
BCCI secretary and BJP MP Anurag Thakur said he was hopeful of the match happening in the hill station following his meeting with the Chief Minister. Pakistan Cricket Board chief Shaharyar Khan had also written to BCCI seeking assurance of foolproof security to Pakistani players.