Pahalgam Attack Victims' Family Criticise India-Pakistan Match: 'Operation Sindoor Seems To Be Waste Now'

(MENAFN- Live Mint) Family members of the victims of the deadly Pahalgam attack opposed the upcoming cricket match between India and Pakistan and said ther were "very disturbed" when they received the news.

Expressing his anguish over the match, Sawan Parmar who lost his father and brother in the attack, said that the Operation Sindoor seemed like a "waste" now.

“... When we got to know the India vs Pakistan match is being organised, we were very disturbed. No sort of connection should remain with Pakistan...,” he told news agency ANI.

"If you want to play the match, bring me back my 16-year-old brother who was shot with so many bullets... Operation Sindoor seems to be a waste now...," Parmar was quoted as saying.

Meanwhile, Kiran Yatish Parmar, his mother, asked why the match was being conducted if the Operation Sindoor had not been concluded yet, further stating that the wounds of the victim families has not healed yet.

"This match should not happen. I want to ask Prime Minister Modi, Operation Sindoor has not concluded so why is this India vs Pakistan match happening?... I want to tell everyone in the country to go and visit those families who have lost their loved ones in the Pahalgam terror attack and see how sad they are. Our wounds have not healed..." she told ANI.

India-Pakistan match

Anger of Pahalgam victims' families grew over India-Pakistan match during the ongoing Asia Cup. It's the first meeting between these two nations since the Pahalgam terror attacks in April and consequent launch of Operation Sindoor by the Indian Armed Forces.

The match will take place in Dubai on Sunday.

As many as 26 tourists were killed in the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam on April 22.

The emotions around the contest are mixed, and there have been calls to boycott the fixture against Pakistan.

Earlier, former all-rounder and BJP leader Kedhar Jadhav opposed the squaring off the match.

Jadhav voiced his opinion that India should not contest in the fixture and said while speaking to reporters, "I don't know what will happen, but I have already said that, according to me, this match should not be played."

(With inputs from ANI)

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