Advani to watch Dharamsala IPL match
May 17th, 2011 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, May 17 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani and his family reached this Himachal Pradesh town Tuesday to witness the Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Kings XI Punjab and Royal Challengers Bangalore later in the evening.
“Advani, his wife Kamla and daughter Pratibha arrived in a chartered flight. He will be the chief guest at the match,” Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) spokesperson Mohit Sood told IANS.
The HPCA had also extended an invitation to spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to be the chief guest for the match, but he declined it as he had just returned from a hectic foreign visit.
“His Holiness Dalai Lama will not be present for Tuesday’s match as he has just arrived in Dharamsala following a fortnight-long hectic visit of the US and Japan,” Tenzin Taklha, joint secretary at the Dalai Lama’s office, said.
The HPCA stadium, some 250 km from state capital Shimla, is considered as the second home ground for the Kings XI Punjab team, which originally belongs to Mohali near Chandigarh.
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