By India Blooms News Service Oct 12, 2022
Kolkata/IBNS: Former Indian cricket great Sourav Gangulys stint as the cricket board (BCCI) president is set to end as he will be replaced by ex-allrounder Roger Binny if reports are to be believed.
Gangulys likely exit from the worlds richest cricket board has triggered a war of words between the countrys ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Trinamool Congress (TMC), which runs the outgoing BCCI chiefs home state West Bengal.
TMC Rajya Sabha MP Santanu Sen tweeted, Another example of political vendetta. Son of @AmitShah can be retained as Secretary of #BCCI.
But @SGanguly99 cant be. Is it because he is from the State of @MamataOfficial or he didnt join @BJP4India? We are with you Dada!
Another example of political vendetta. Son of @AmitShah can be retained as Secretary of #BCCI. But @SGanguly99 cant be. Is it because he is from the State of @MamataOfficial or he didnt join @BJP4India ? We are with you Dada!
DR SANTANU SEN (@SantanuSenMP) October 11, 2022
Countering the allegation, BJP national vice president Dilip Ghosh said, Did anyone from BJP propose any name? I have no knowledge despite being the party president here and also continuing in a different capacity.
Did anyone else appoint Sourav Ganguly as the BCCI president? Why didnt they raise the demand? In that case, they should thank the ones who helped him (Sourav Ganguly) to become.
The Left too has lashed out at the saffron camp, which is perceived to have control over the national cricket, over Gangulys exit.
CPI-M leader Sujan Chakraborty said, Sourav Ganguly has been removed because he is not BJPs choice. For the BJP, Jay Shah can continue as an administrator but not Sourav Ganguly... Be it Indian football or cricket, the BJP wants to gain control over all.
Gangulys appointment as the BJP chief in 2019 had triggered massive speculations over his joining in the BJP before the 2021 West Bengal assembly elections, where the saffron camp threw everything to defeat Chief Minister Mamata Banerjees TMC.
Even in the recent past, Union Home Minister and BJP top leader Amit Shah paid a visit to Gangulys Behala residence in Kolkata.