New Delhi:BJP leader Sangeet Singh Som today welcomed the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) decision instructing Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan-owned Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to release Bangladeshi pacer Muztafizur Rahman amid the ongoing violence against Hindus in the neighbouring country. Som also said SRK has understood not to go against "Sanatanis".

In an interview with NDTV, Som thanked the BCCI and the government for taking this decision considering the feelings of Sanatanis and Hindus all over the world.

"The BCCI has also sent a message that you cannot take any such decision," he added."You also know that this was the decision of KKR and KKR only bought the team. Because the team is bought only by the company, the franchise. And it came to the knowledge of the BCCI. You see, the BCCI has done the work of removing him," Som said.

"This was an old pool [for auction]; it was not made new. And since the auction has now taken place, SRK should have understood that if you do it in this way, then the feelings of hundreds of millions of Hindus in the country will be hurt," he said.

"That is why I called them traitors. I am saying this again that many, many congratulations to the BCCI and the government that they took such a decision understanding the feelings of the people," he added.

The BCCI's decision to instruct Kolkata Knight Riders to release Bangladesh player Mustafizur Rahman from their roster for IPL 2026 season also says it will allow the franchise to replace the player.

Source:Ndtv