West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday expressed grief over Sourav Ganguly not being re-nominated for the submit of BCCI president however Jay Shah was allowed a second time period as secretary. She additionally stated that she would request Prime Minister Narendra Modi to permit the previous Indian captain to contest for the submit of ICC President.
Banerjee went to North Bengal on a four-day go to on Monday. After touchdown on the Bagdogra airport, the chief minister stated, “Sourav is our satisfaction and he performed effectively and did effectively as an administrator. He was given the accountability of the Board President for 3 years and he carried out that function very effectively. We do not know why he was eliminated after finishing his time period and Amitbabu’s son (Amit Shah’s son, Jay Shah) remained there. We haven’t any downside with him persevering with as BCCI secretary however we need to know why Sourav was faraway from the submit of BCCI President.
He additional stated, “It is my humble honor and request to the Prime Minister to allow him to contest elections in ICC. He is being denied. What is his fault?”
Earlier, when Ganguly was faraway from the BCCI, the TMC, Congress and CPI(M) leaders of Bengal lodged their sturdy protest towards the choice. He has alleged that the previous Indian captain is paying the worth for saying no to the BJP.
Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, responding to Mamata’s assault, stated that the TMC chief ought to take away Shah Rukh Khan and make Sourav Ganguly the model ambassador of West Bengal.
Remove Shahrukh Khan and make Sourav Ganguly the model ambassador of West Bengal. If Mamata Banerjee needed to increase the tenure of Sourav Ganguly, she ought to have made him the model ambassador of WB. Don’t play politics within the recreation. PM Modi stays away from this stuff: LOP Suvendu Adhikari of West Bengal pic.twitter.com/tz7ktxv2gf
— ANI (@ANI) 17 October 2022
“Remove Shahrukh Khan and make Sourav Ganguly the model ambassador of West Bengal. If Mamata Banerjee needed to increase the tenure of Sourav Ganguly, she ought to have made him the model ambassador of WB. Don’t play politics in sports activities,” the official stated in a press release, information company ANI reported.
He additionally stated that the PM stays away from this stuff.
Ahead of the 2021 meeting elections, because the BJP introduced its resolution to tackle the TMC, Ganguly’s title was tossed because the get together’s potential chief ministerial candidate. However, Ganguly, who saved his playing cards near his chest, couldn’t profit from it in the long run.
On May 7 this yr, Ganguly had hosted a dinner at his Kolkata house to fulfill Union Minister Amit Shah, triggering a brand new spherical of hypothesis.
Binny, a member of the 1983 World Cup profitable workforce, filed his nomination for the submit of BCCI president final week and is more likely to get the highest job unopposed when the board’s AGM is held on October 18.
Before the BJP noticed Ganguly because the important face for Bengal, the massively well-liked batsman within the state was wooed by the Trinamool. Sources near him stated that he felt super stress from each side within the 2021 elections and eventually determined to not interact in politics.
BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya, nevertheless, stated, “Politics shouldn’t be completed on a character like Sourav Ganguly. If Sourav Ganguly was so liked, why was Shah Rukh Khan chosen because the model ambassador of Bengal!
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
