Mumbai, Sep 11 (PTI): Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday said his party will hold 'Sindoor Rakhsa' campaign on Sunday to protest against India playing Pakistan in Abu Dhabi that day as part of the Asia Cup cricket tournament.

Playing cricket with Pakistan amounts to "betrayal", he said.

In a post on X, Raut said thousands of women from Maharashtra will take part in the protest and send 'sindoor' (vermilion) from their households to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Referring to the April 22 Pahalgam attack, in which Pakistan-backed terrorists killed 26 persons, he said Operation Sindoor that was launched by India was still on and, therefore, sporting ties with the neighbouring nation was unacceptable.

India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 to avenge the Pahalgam attack, decimating terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir before the two nations agreed to end hostilities on May 10.

"Children of BJP ministers will surely go to watch this match. This is treason," Raut claimed.

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Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court has issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) following the filing of application by Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni and Chandrashekhar Indi challenging the life imprisonment awarded to them by the Special Court for murder of BJP Dharwad leader Yogish Gowda.

The divisional bench comprising Justices Muhammad Nawaz and T Venkatesh Naik heard the pleas filed by Kulkarni on April 15 and Chandrashekhar Indi also called Chandu Mama on April 16.

The bench has now issued a notice to the CBI and also directed the HC Registry to obtain the trial court documents before adjourning the hearing.