TMC MLA slams Sourav Ganguly over dinner with Amit Shah
India Today
Feel pity for those who consider Sourav Ganguly an icon of Bengal, said TMC MLA Manoranjan Byapari.
Controversy erupted in West Bengal a day after BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly hosted Union Home Minister Amit Shah for dinner at his residence in Kolkata. Trinamool Congress MLA and author Manoranjan Byapari slammed the BCCI president for dining with the Union Home Minister.
Byapari, MLA of Balagarh in Hooghly, wrote on Facebook that he "feels pity for the ones who consider Saurav Ganguly to be an icon of Bengal."
"Sourav welcomed and dined with one of the harshest haters of the Bengali language and culture. I feel pity for those who consider Sourav Ganguly to be a Bengali icon," wrote Manoranjan Byapari.
Meanwhile, taking a dig at the TMC, Hooghly's BJP MP Locket Chatterjee said that "Byapari showed the culture of Trinamool Congress."
"One who hates Sourav is anti-Bengal. The man about whom the TMC MLA is speaking is the Union Home minister. This is TMC's culture," said Locket to India Today.
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