The boycott of India-Pakistan matches took a new turn on Sunday when a hotel in Delhi stopped screening the Asia Cup clash midway after a call for a boycott. Delhi AAP chief Saurabh Bharadwaj said the hotel management agreed with the party’s appeal and ended the live screening.

He also shared a video of AAP MLA Kuldeep Kumar from Kondli walking out of the hotel along with party supporters. In the video, the group can be seen holding Indian flags and chanting slogans like “Pakistan murdabad.” Bharadwaj praised the MLA and the hotel owner, stating that the hotel had shown more sensitivity to the issue than the central government.

Bharadwaj further shared photos of AAP workers protesting at Connaught Place. He claimed that playing a match with Pakistan was an insult to India’s honour and to the families of soldiers killed in the recent Pahalgam attack. AAP leaders argued that cricket matches with Pakistan should not take place when the country is in mourning.
AAP national convener and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also expressed anger over the match. In a post on X, he wrote, “Playing a match with Pakistan is a betrayal of the nation. Every Indian is extremely angry about this.”

Ahead of the match, AAP workers burnt effigies representing Pakistani cricketers and urged citizens to join their boycott. Party leaders said sports should not come before national pride or the pain of families who lost their loved ones. Addressing reporters, Bharadwaj said, “This is a humiliation for women who lost their husbands in the Pahalgam attack, yet the Centre allowed the match to go on.”

Earlier, he had warned that AAP workers would “expose” places that screened the match. He also attacked the central government, saying, “Pakistani players mock our widows in disgusting ways, and still the BJP government plays cricket with them. Shame on them.”

Kejriwal questioned the Centre’s stand as well, asking why the Prime Minister was allowing the match despite public anger. He even suggested that it might be happening under foreign pressure, hinting at U.S. influence, and accused the government of bowing down too easily.