The Indian Cricket Board is all set to sack Sourav Ganguly as the president with Roger Binny replacing him at the helm. In a meeting held by the Board yesterday in Delhi, it was reported that Ganguly was heavily criticized for mismanaging several affairs under his tenure.
The former Indian captain is looking to move towards the chairman post of the Apex Cricket Council. However, his hopes might get shattered as he’s unlikely to get support from the Board for the post of chairman at Apex Cricket Council.
Following Ganguly’s sacking, there was a huge uproar in West Bengal between Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janta Party. The Trinamool Congress has raised questions about Ganguly’s exit, with several party members accusing BJP of removing Ganguly after he denied joining their political party. Meanwhile, the BJP has refuted the allegations that it had tried to induct Ganguly into the party.
Trinamool Congress state General Secretary and party spokesman, Kunal Ghosh said that the fact Ganguly is exiting as the Indian Cricket Board president and the son of a heavyweight BJP leader is continuing as the board secretary is simply not acceptable.
“Only Sourav Ganguly can give an explanatory answer in the matter. I am not in a position to answer how far he will open up with this political explanation in the matter. But there was a point in time when BJP tried to spread a message throughout West Bengal that Sourav Ganguly will be soon there in their camp. That message was also spread through a development of a heavyweight BJP leader having dinner at his residence. Now BJP had to face questions on the gradual fading out of the message that they tried to spread,” Ghosh was quoted by IANS.
Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member, Dr Santanu Sen has also tweeted, hinting that Ganguly’s exit from the Indian Cricket Board is probably because either he hails from a Trinamool Congress-ruled state or because he did not join BJP.
“Son of @AmitShah can be retained as Secretary of #BCCI. But @SGanguly99 can’t be. Is it because he is from the State of @MamataOfficial or he didn`t join @BJP4India? We are with you dada!” Sen’s Twitter message read.
Another example of political vendetta.
Son of @AmitShah can be retained as Secretary of #BCCI.
But @SGanguly99 can't be.
Is it because he is from the State of @MamataOfficial or he didn't join @BJP4India ?
We are with you Dada!
— DR SANTANU SEN (@SantanuSenMP) October 11, 2022
Reacting to that, the BJP national vice-president and former state unit chief, Dilip Ghosh said that these are baseless political slurs by the ruling party leaders in West Bengal.
“There is no information that Sourav Ganguly was approached by our leadership. Trinamool Congress is unnecessarily making things murky over the issue,” he said.
BJP’s state spokesman, Samik Bhattacharya said that BJP has reached this stage nationally without depending on any single individual or without any kind of compromise.
“It is pointless to claim that BJP will be unable to establish its strong base in West Bengal unless Sourav Ganguly joins the party. Actually, making baseless allegations against BJP has become a habit of the Trinamool Congress. But such slanders will actually insult Sourav Ganguly and hurt the sentiments of cricket lovers. Such unnecessary slanders in the area of sports are not desirable,” Bhattacharya was quoted by IANS.
