User blog comment:B214/Volume 23 discussion blog/@comment-30924344-20170409190547/@comment-10330822-20170410232732

That's part of the territory about being a chief diety, there is no standard to which is being held, he does what he wants. Now that the triumvirate is down to just Shiva, Indra may want to push war even more to become the major figurehead of Hinduism.

Either way, its really obvious Indra is selfish, he's probably going to wage war with Shiva whether he wins this tournament or not.