After Dinner With Amit Shah, Sourav Ganguly Talks Of Close Ties With Mamata Banerjee
NDTV
Amit Shah's visit to Sourav Ganguly's residence on Friday had fuelled speculation that the former cricketer would join politics soon.
A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah paid a visit to his residence and had dinner with his family, which grabbed attention, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly Saturday spoke of his close relation with Chief Minister, who is known to be a strident critic of the BJP.
Mr Ganguly, former Indian cricket team captain, also showered praise on minister and city mayor Firhad Hakim describing him as a person who can be approached by anyone at any time of the day.
"Our honourable Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is a person very close to me. I had approached her to help up this institute," he said at the inauguration programme of a private hospital here.
The former southpaw said, "I am also very close to Firhad Hakim. He has been seeing me since I was in Class 1. He has been our family friend. All who approach him get help. I too have called him several times," Mr Ganguly said.
