Indian politicians call for match boycott ahead of Pak-India T20 World Cup clash.

With over a billion cricket fans around the world waiting impatiently for the match between India and Pakistan scheduled for October 24, politicians in India have already started issuing divisive statements and given calls for India to boycott the game.

The latest call has come from All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi, who asked the government whether playing Pakistan was the "right thing to do" under the current circumstances.

The AIMIM leader was addressing a crowd in Hyderabad, where he said that Pakistan is playing T20 with the lives of the people of Kashmir each day.

Speaking about the recent spate of violence in occupied Kashmir brought about by Indian atrocities in the region, Owaisi said nine soldiers had been killed in the area.

On the recent violence with Bihari immigrants in the occupied territory, he lashed out at the Indian intelligence agencies, wondering "what is the Intelligence Bureau and (Union Home Minister) Amit Shah doing?" He said this is "a failure of the Centre".

A couple of days earlier, Union...