Sourav Ganguly "Removed", Then "Deprived": Mamata Banerjee Blames Centre
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Mamata Banerjee on Sourav Ganguly: "Why was he not sent to ICC? It is to secure someone's interest (in the cricket board). I had spoken to various BJP leaders, but he was not allowed. He has been deprived... This is a shameful political vendetta," she told reporters.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today targeted the BJP-led Central government for allegedly "depriving" former Indian cricket Captain Sourav Ganguly by not nominating him for the ICC Chairman's post, terming it an act of "shameless political vendetta".
Mamata Banerjee, who said she would have spoken out on the issue even if master batsman Sachin Tendulkar was similarly deprived, alleged that Sourav Ganguly was deprived of the chance to fight the election to "secure someone else's interests".
"Why was he not sent to ICC? It is to secure someone's interest (in the cricket board). I had spoken to various BJP leaders, but he was not allowed. He has been deprived... This is a shameful political vendetta," she told reporters.
Earlier this week, the Trinamool chief expressed shock over Sourav Ganguly's "removal" as BCCI president and sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention so that he is allowed to contest the elections for International Cricket Council head.
