Mumbai, Sept. 28 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Union government over the arrest of Sonam Wangchuk, saying the noted activist is being declared an "anti-national" even as the Centre allowed the Indian cricket team to play matches against Pakistan. Addressing a press conference at his Mumbai residence, Matoshree, Thackeray said that playing a cricket match with Pakistan is the "height of shamelessness" as he called for a boycott of Sunday's Asia Cup final between the two nations. Wangchuk was arrested under the stringent NSA on Friday, two days after protests over statehood and land protections roiled Ladakh and left four people dead and 100 injured. The Union government has blamed the climate activist, who was among the leading figures of the Ladakh statehood movement, for provoking the clashes on Wednesday. A day later, the Union home ministry cancelled the foreign funding licence of a non-governmental organisation run by Wangchuk. "On one hand, Sonam Wangchuk, who developed a technology to provide solar tents to the Indian defence forces, has been declared as anti-national and arrested under National Security Act and on the other, the government is allowing to play cricket matches with Pakistan that was behind the terrorist attacks on our country," Thackeray said on Saturday. "This is nothing but hypocrisy. I appeal to all the patriot citizens to boycott the cricket match scheduled on Sunday." Thackeray also urged sponsors to boycott the match, saying, "I will also urge the sponsors to show some patriotism. Your products are being manufactured in this country and because of the people you get a big market for your products. So, you should also not sponsor the cricket match being played with the enemies." The Shiv Sena (UBT) chief had made similar calls for boycotting the India-Pakistan match on September 13, the first tie between the two neighbouring countries following a military conflict that started when India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 to target terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that claimed the lives of 26 people. Between the launch of the operation and the ceasefire on May 10 evening, Indian forces bombed nine terror camps in Pakistan and PoK, killing at least 100 terrorists....