“Why was he not despatched to ICC? It’s to safe somebody’s curiosity (within the cricket board). I had spoken to numerous BJP leaders, however he was not allowed. He has been disadvantaged…. It is a shameful political vendetta,” she stated.
Banerjee stated she would have spoken out on the difficulty even when grasp batsman Sachin Tendulkar was equally disadvantaged.
On Monday, Banerjee went to North Bengal for a four-day tour. After touchdown at Bagdogra airport, the chief minister stated, “Sourav is our pleasure and he performed nicely and likewise did nicely as administrator. He was given duty of board president for 3 years and he served that function very nicely. We have no idea why then after finishing time period, he was eliminated and son of Amitbabu (Son of Amit Shah, Jay Shah) remained there. We have now no downside with him remaining as secretary of the BCCI however we need to know why Sourav was eliminated as BCCI president.”
She additional stated, “That is my humble regards and request to the Prime Minister to permit him to contest in ICC. He’s being disadvantaged. What’s his fault?”
Roger Binny, a 1983 World Cup-winning squad member, has been elected because the thirty sixth president of the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI), taking up from Ganguly. Nonetheless, the sports activities physique’s AGM on Tuesday concluded with out discussing the ICC election.
(With inputs from PTI)