{"id":547666,"date":"2025-11-04T04:06:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T04:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/547666\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T04:06:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T04:06:19","slug":"bjp-targets-nc-for-cricket-scam-as-ihpl-collapse-sparks-political-firestorm-in-jk-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/547666\/","title":{"rendered":"BJP targets NC for \u2018cricket scam\u2019 as IHPL collapse sparks political firestorm in J&K | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BJP SRINAGAR: The Indian Heaven Premier League (IHPL) fiasco triggered a political uproar Monday, with opposition BJP<\/a> calling it an \u201cinternational disgrace\u201d and demanding that National Conference-led J&K government reveal who was behind the event.\u201cWho were these scamsters who deceived umpires, players, and those who participated in the cultural programmes?\u201d BJP spokesperson Altaf Thakur asked in Srinagar alongside party colleague Sajid Yousuf Shah.<\/p>\n

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The T20 league, launched with fanfare on Oct 23 to promote grassroots cricket and tourism in Kashmir, collapsed after its organisers \u2014 a non-profit called Yuva Society \u2014 fled their Srinagar hotel Saturday, leaving international players, staff, and umpires unpaid and stranded.Thakur said J&K Cricket Association (JKCA) and BCCI had confirmed they had no connection with IHPL. \u201cGovt must clarify who invited the international cricketers to Kashmir, who brought in players from different parts of J&K, and how matches were allowed at Bakshi Stadium without proper approval,\u201d he said.NC-led govt distanced itself from the debacle. \u201cIt was a private event, not a govt-organised one,\u201d said sports minister Satish Sharma. \u201cPolice have launched a free and fair investigation and an FIR has been filed. All details will come to light soon.\u201d J&K Sports Council also denied involvement, saying it had no role in the tournament.The league was announced on Sept 18, promising to run Oct 23\u2013Nov 7. IHPL had listed 32 international players, including former West Indies star Chris Gayle, New Zealand\u2019s Jesse Ryder, and Sri Lanka\u2019s Thisara Perera.Official documents show govt engagement in IHPL\u2019s preparations. An Oct 22 press release detailed a meeting chaired by divisional commissioner Anshul Garg \u201cto take first-hand appraisal of IHPL readiness\u201d. Garg had predicted 25,000\u201330,000 spectators at Bakshi Stadium and directed security forces to assist with crowd management.However, attendance was poor from the opening day. Ticket prices were slashed as stands remained empty, except for matches featuring Chris Gayle, the tournament\u2019s biggest draw.BJP said IHPL\u2019s collapse had dealt a blow to the region\u2019s image. \u201cCricket was the only sport showing promise this year, with tourism and horticulture struggling. Many children aspired to become the next Virat Kohli, but J&K govt has played with their future,\u201d Thakur said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SRINAGAR: The Indian Heaven Premier League (IHPL) fiasco triggered a political uproar Monday, with opposition BJP calling it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[57781,1500,1406,175808,10818,730,10816,10817,175809,175810,18565,79,5685,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-547666","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-bjp","9":"tag-breaking-news","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-cricket-scam","12":"tag-google-news","13":"tag-india","14":"tag-india-news","15":"tag-india-news-today","16":"tag-indian-heaven-premier-league","17":"tag-jk-government","18":"tag-national-conference","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-today-news","21":"tag-uk","22":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115489459316454792","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}