Sourav Ganguly Hosts Amit Shah For Dinner

Kolkata:

Residence Minister Amit Shah, who’s on a go to to Kolkata, had dinner at Indian cricket board chief Sourav Ganguly’s house tonight. The go to was stated to be a courtesy name for the reason that Union Minister’s son, Jay Shah, is the previous cricketer’s colleague as Honorary Secretary within the Board of Management for Cricket in India, or BCCI.

The Residence Minister arrived at Mr Ganguly’s house in a white SUV surrounded by bodyguards. A crowd had gathered on the slim street outdoors to see Amit Shah, who sat within the entrance seat and greeted the individuals with a namaste gesture.

Later, Mr Shah was seen on the eating desk with Mr Ganguly and his members of the family having dinner.

Mr Ganguly, 49, advised reporters nothing political must be learn into the dinner assembly. He stated he is aware of Amit Shah for over a decade and has met a number of occasions too.

“…Now we have so much to speak about. I’ve recognized him since 2008. After I used to play, we met however not a lot as I was on tour,” Mr Ganguly advised reporters earlier right now. “I work along with his son. It’s an outdated affiliation,” he added.

On what’s on the menu, Mr Ganguly smiled and replied, “…Will go house and see. He’s a vegetarian.”

This isn’t the primary time Mr Ganguly has needed to deny any political angle to his assembly with Amit Shah. Earlier than the West Bengal meeting elections early final yr, he needed to clear the air about his assembly with Amit Shah even then, denying he would be a part of the BJP.

Hypothesis on whether or not Mr Ganguly would be a part of the BJP has surfaced intermittently way back to 2015 and earlier than each main election in Bengal. Again then a robust buzz of “Dada vs Didi” – a reference to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee – did the rounds with Mr Ganguly reportedly in talks to hitch the BJP.

In January final yr too, three months earlier than the Bengal meeting elections, it was broadly reported he was in talks with the BJP. The identical month, the previous cricketer suffered a light coronary heart assault. He didn’t reply to the stories of becoming a member of politics.