PIL filed against moving of IPL out of India!

A public interest litigation has been filed in Rajasthan High Court against the move of IPL to South Africa. Due to security concerns during the general elections, the Government of India said that it will not be able to provide para-military forces and will not be able to provide adequate security to the event.

So, the IPL committee decided to move it out of India and had England and South Africa as alternate venues. Couple of revised schedules provided by IPL did not get the government's nod. So, consdering the continuity and the impact on commercials, IPL decided to move out of India. After Lalit Modi's visit to both the countries, IPL decided to conduct the event in South Africa starting April 18.

The petition was filed by the Rameshwar Nirvan, President of the All India Karate Federation. The petitioner claims that moving the event would create huge loss for the nation and also for the cricket fans.

The nation cannot come to a stand-still during general elections. He also said that this shows the incompetency of the government in handling terror threats. He demanded that IPL matches should be held in India and central government should be directed to arrange and provide necessary security including para-military forces, if required.

The matter will be heard on Monday.