himla, February 21

Ex-servicemen have demanded that both HPCA and the BCCI should address the concern of families of the martyrs before hosting the India-Pakistan match in Dharamsala on March 19.“We want to stay away from politics but expect that the HPCA and the BCCI will keep in mind the sentiments of the families of the martyrs”, says Brig Khushal Thakur (retd), Kargil war hero and state convener, Indian Ex-servicemen Movement.The Honorary Commissioned Officers’ Welfare Association demanded that the HPCA and the government should take up the matter with the Centre to cancel the match. “We are unhappy with the decision to hold the match”, says Capt. Jagdish Verma (Retd), president of the association. — TNS