After Gurgaon organisers push back alleged Shiv Sena activists, play resumes, Pakistani artists say thanks (Watch video)

A small group of people claiming to be Shiv Sena workers tried to disrupt the Pakistani play (Video below)

October 25, 2015, NewsCrunch

In  change of script, organisers of a play at Gurgaon, pushed back alleged Shiv Sena activists who wanted to disrupt it to protest the presence of Pakistani artists.

After the Saturday night show, Pakistan artists thanked organisers and audience vowing that they would not allow the hatred of the few to upset them.

A small group of people claiming to be Shiv Sena workers barged into the play, which was in progress at Municipal Corporation's open theatre. They shouted anti-Pakistan slogans and removed flags of that country.

For a change the organisers, who outnumbered them, were not intimidated. They challenged the protesters  and evicted them from the venue even before the police arrived and ensured the play resumed.

After the play completed, Pakistani artists  spoke to media saying the love of 500 people mattered more than the hatred of five.

The Gurgaon  incident is the most recent of the spate of attacks Shiv Sena has made on Pakistanis in India.

In the last one month they have forced the organisers to cancel Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali's event and attacked BCCI office to prevent talks with Pakistani cricket board.

They also blackened former BJP ideologue Sudheendra Kulkarni's face for organising the launch of a book by former Pakistan minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri .