Mumbai:
Maharashtra
Navnirman
Sena
(MNS)
Chief
Raj
Thackeray
on
Tuesday
demanded
that
Mumbai
Cricket
Association
should
allow
superstar
Shahrukh
Khan
to
enter
Wankhede
Stadium
and
also
lift
its
five-year
ban
on
the
actor.
Thackeray
said
it
was
"wrong" on
the
MCA's
part
to
ban
Khan
from
entering
the
stadium.
"He
is
the
owner
of
the
team.
Is
he
some
terrorist?"
Thackeray
said.
Earlier
on
Tuesday,
state
Congress
spokesperson
Sachin
Sawant
appealed
to
the
MCA
to
lift
the
five-year
ban
on
Khan
for
his
"misbehaviour"
during
last
year's
IPL.
In
a
letter
to
MCA
president
Ravi
Sawant,
Sachin
Sawant
said,
"After
(Khan)
publicly
apologised
for
his
misconduct,
we
feel
that
it
would
be
in
the
interest
of
sports
if
your
esteemed
organisation
shows
true
sportsman
spirit
and
allows
entry."
"A
ban
is
not
a
democratic
punishment
especially
when
the
person
has
apologised.
I
request
you
to
reconsider
the
punishment
given
to
him
and
allow
entry
for
Tuesday's
match,"
Sachin
Sawant
said.
Khan
was
banned
from
entering
the
Wankhede
Stadium
after
he
allegedly
misbehaved
with
security
officials
after
an
IPL
match
here
on
May
16,
2012.
A
few
days
later,
the
MCA,
led
by
its
former
president,
the
late
Vilasrao
Deshmukh
slapped
a
five-year
ban
on
the
actor
from
entering
the
stadium
premises
in
south
Mumbai
in
the
wake
of
his
alleged
unruly
behaviour.
Khan
subsequently
tendered
a
public
apology
to
his
fans,
the
cricket
fraternity
and
his
family,
but
the
MCA
continued
the
ban
on
him.
The
MCA
informed
Mumbai
police
on
Monday
that
it
would
not
permit
Khan
to
enter
the
stadium
for
Tuesday's
match.
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