Sourav Ganguly under pressure to join politics, claims CPI(M) leader
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Speculations had been rife that the previous batting nice will join the BJP forward of the State meeting elections due in April-May this yr
Senior CPI(M) leader Ashok Bhattacharya’s assertion that BCCI president and former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly, who suffered a heart attack and is now hospitalised, was under pressure to join politics created a storm on Sunday.
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Speculations had been rife that the previous batting nice will join the BJP forward of the State meeting elections due in April-May this yr. But Ganguly himself by no means made his intentions fairly clear about taking the political plunge.
He underwent angioplasty after a “mild” coronary heart assault on Saturday. He is under remedy in a personal hospital in Kolkata.
“Some people wanted to use Ganguly politically. That probably exerted pressure on him. He is not a political element. He should be known as Sourav the sporting icon,” Mr. Bhattacharya, the BCCI presidents longtime household pal, stated.
“We should not create pressure on him (for joining politics). I had told Sourav last week he should not join politics and he did not oppose my views,” Mr. Bhattacharya who visited Ganguly on the hospital stated.
Reacting to the previous minister’s feedback, BJP State president Dilip Ghosh stated, “Some people see politics in everything due to their sick mindset. Like millions of his fans, we only wish that Sourav recovers fully.”
Senior Trinamool Congress leader and State minister Sobhandeb Chatterjee, who additionally visited the previous cricketer on the hospital, stated that there had by no means been any effort to induct Ganguly into the social gathering. “We are proud to have him as the icon of sports.”
Ganguly’s former teammate and State minister Lakshmi Ratan Shukla, TMC MLA and daughter of late BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya, Baishali Dalmiya, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and a number of other others additionally visited him.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday visited the hospital to enquire about his well being.
Ganguly had met Dhankhar at Raj Bhavan per week again “in a courtesy visit.”
