Foreign Minister Dr. S. to Pakistan National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq in Dhaka. Pak expert Qamar Cheema has raised questions on Jaishankar’s handshake. He says that when Indian cricketers are not allowed to shake hands with the Pakistani team, then how can Jaishankar shake hands. Jaishankar had gone to Dhaka on December 31 to attend the funeral of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, where he also met Ayaz Sadiq.
Pakistani expert Qamar Cheema said, ‘There is a debate going on inside Pakistan that if Indian cricketers cannot take the trophy from the hands of Asia Cricket Council and Pakistan Cricket Board President Mohsin Naqvi, then why has Jaishankar joined hands with the Pakistani speaker? This is the question. I need the answer to this question.
The Asia World Cup Championship held in September was hosted by Pakistan, but the Indian team refused to play the match in Pakistan and the Indian team’s matches were held in Dubai. During this period, Indian cricketers neither shook hands with Pakistani players nor took the trophy from Mohsin Naqvi after winning the championship. Usually, before and after the start of the match, players of both the teams shake hands with each other. After the Pahalgam attack in April and Operation Sindoor in May, tension between the two countries has increased considerably. Even during the match, Pakistani players were seen expressing their irritation over the defeat in Operation Sindoor. Then when he got defeated in the cricket field too, he appeared to be very upset.
Qamar Cheema alleged whether this is India’s double standard or a double game. He says that the game is that when cricketers do not shake hands with Pakistanis, then this message goes to many people that we have not taken the trophy from their hands, we do not want to take anything from their hands, they are not worthy of this. We have stopped living, dying, eating and drinking with them. Who are these?
He said that if Jaishankar joins hands with the Speaker of Pakistan National Assembly, then it is not a big issue for the Indian public. Referring to the visit of Pakistan Peoples Party MP and former Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to India, he said that when he went to Goa, Jaishankar did not shake hands with him because he wanted to give a message to his people.
He said, ‘Jaishankar did not shake hands with Bilawal, but said Namaste with folded hands. Why? This was the message to be given at that time. Just wanted to do messaging at that time. I remember that when Bilawal left from here, Jaishankar’s words were that Bilawal was received as the Foreign Minister of SCO member Pakistan. Even at that time he had presented Pakistan as a supporter of terrorism.
Pak expert said that when Jaishankar did Namaste, Bilawal also did it and people thought that he was forced to say Namaste. It was not a compulsion. It is the same in Sindh, where Bilawal Bhutto Zardari comes from. There they join hands like this, just like this is the culture in India, similarly it is in Sindh also. Qamar Cheema said that it is not that he says all these things in the air, they mean something. I want to understand the question of not taking the trophy from Mohsin Naqvi, not shaking hands with the Pakistani cricketer.
Qamar Cheema said that Indians are very clear about what to do and what not to do. What needs to be made a point and how to make it. He said, ‘I am surprised by the fact that he has told the public that what is the purpose of not shaking hands with Pakistan and if they shake hands in a closed room. Does India’s leadership want to make some changes in this, but I don’t think so.
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