Roshanrocks Posted April 1, 2011 Posted April 1, 2011 MUMBAI: A contingent of senior political leaders from the Centre is set to descend on Mumbai's soil on Saturday to watch the India-Sri Lanka World Cup cricket final at Wankhede stadium. Law-enforcing agencies are expecting over 3,000 VIPs led by President Pratibha Patil and her Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa. A senior Congress leader told TOI that Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi have confirmed that they will be in the city for the final match, but Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's presence is doubtful. To add to the general chaos, senior police officials are expecting many netas to follow in the footsteps of Sonia and Rahul, who had been cheering the Indian cricket team from the general stands during Wednesday's Indo-Pak semi-final at Mohali. Senior police officials said that along with the Mumbai Cricket Association, they have identified over six 'aam admi' stands for high-profile politicians who are willing to sweat it out under the city's harsh sun. A senior official said: "We are sure that a large number of Congress politicians and cabinet members will prefer 'aam admi' stands. So, we have identified places for important persons. No doubt, they will be general stands, but they will have enhanced security cover." Besides the President of India, security agencies are expecting at least three governors, including Maharashtra governor K Sankaranarayanan, more than 35 Union cabinet members, chief ministers of seven states and other leading politicians to attend the match. Their own security teams will also be accompanying them. The BJP contingent is said to include party president Nitin Gadkari, senior leader L K Advani, leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, her Rajya Sabha counterpart Arun Jaitely and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi. The Shiv Sena will be represented by executive president Uddhav Thackeray and his son Aditya. Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan, with his wife Satwashila, Union ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh, Praful Patel, Murali Deora and Gurudas Kamat have also informed organizers that they will be attending the World Cup final at Wankhede. NCP president and agriculture minister Sharad Pawar will play host. "It will truly be an all-party event," said a senior official. While the MCA says it has the situation and seating arrangements under control, sources associated with the organization told TOI otherwise. An MCA member said: "The biggest issue before us is to provide seats to such a large number of VIPs. There is little scope for last-minute adjustment as the tickets have already been sold online." The only way out, he said, is for the MCA to request affiliated clubs to surrender their seats to accommodate the influx of VIPs. Mumbai roads to be solidly traffic jammed tomorrow. And 3000 VIP's all at one place, not to mention film and celebs of other walks of life I hope negative elements donot get any bad ideas
saneindian Posted April 1, 2011 Posted April 1, 2011 Will the jokers at BCCI/Mumbai Cricket Association ensure that all ex India cricketers and anyone who has played for Mumbai gets invited too?. There presence would be far more important than these publicity hungry politicians. Hopefully someone has sent the invite to at least the members of the 1983 WC winning team.
Sachin=GOD Posted April 1, 2011 Posted April 1, 2011 I hate this.. people behave as if this happens only in India or in cricket. If you had seen the football world cup you might have seen that every other day there were many political leaders from variious countries who were coming to watch the important matches - happens in all major sports in all major countries :dontknow:
saneindian Posted April 1, 2011 Posted April 1, 2011 people behave as if this happens only in India or in cricket. If you had seen the football world cup you might have seen that every other day there were many political leaders from variious countries who were coming to watch the important matches - happens in all major sports in all major countries :dontknow: At other World Cups, you do not see just 10% of the total tickets being sold to the common man. Also, how many of these politicians were keen to attend any of the CWG sports events which happened where most of them are based at? All they want is publicity and nothing else.
DomainK Posted April 1, 2011 Posted April 1, 2011 No big deal. Celebrities come to cricket matches always. We are used to that. And if it's a world cup final, it's only fitting that the president of the country comes to attend.
kabira Posted April 1, 2011 Posted April 1, 2011 The security in Mumbai in unprecedented. Will be nightmare for the common ppl who will go and watch. Even drinking water is not allowed.
Desi Cartman Posted April 1, 2011 Posted April 1, 2011 Wonder how many of these 3000 VIPs actually paid for their tickets.
bear23 Posted April 1, 2011 Posted April 1, 2011 I would actually prefer the bollywood crowd over these idiot politicians . This means there will be 3000 people in the crowd who will not be cheering but sitting like the useless ducks they are.
TheWall Posted April 1, 2011 Posted April 1, 2011 .... and half of those will be not knowing what game is going on in the middle...
Sachin=GOD Posted April 1, 2011 Posted April 1, 2011 Damn. Lesser spotlight on me. :(( :hysterical::hysterical:
someone Posted April 1, 2011 Posted April 1, 2011 Simple question: How many tickets given to common man? And how many is the capacity of the stadium?
Mariyam Posted April 1, 2011 Posted April 1, 2011 Simple question: How many tickets given to common man? And how many is the capacity of the stadium? Simple answer. These 3000 MLAs are the representatives of the common man. They are there to represent their electorate. They are only doing their patriotic duty.
Mariyam Posted April 1, 2011 Posted April 1, 2011 Wonder how many of these 3000 VIPs actually paid for their tickets. Why do you think we pay taxes? How else can these MLA excursions be financed?
someone Posted April 1, 2011 Posted April 1, 2011 Simple answer. These 3000 MLAs are the representatives of the common man. They are there to represent their electorate. They are only doing their patriotic duty. I mean how many tickets were offered to the general public to buy compared with the overall seats of the stadium
Clarke Posted April 1, 2011 Posted April 1, 2011 Damn. Lesser spotlight on me. :(( Come on, you can do better than that.
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