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NEW DELHI: West Bengal sports curate Aroop Biswas connected Tuesday offered to resign from his station pursuing allegations of mismanagement astatine shot prima Lionel Messi’s lawsuit astatine Kolkata’s Salt Lake Stadium, Trinamool Congress person Kunal Ghosh said.In a Facebook post, Ghosh shared what helium claimed was a transcript of a resignation missive written by Biswas to main curate Mamata Banerjee, successful which the curate sought to beryllium relieved of his responsibilities arsenic the state’s sports minister.
The improvement comes amid increasing disapproval and governmental backlash implicit alleged mismanagement and information lapses during the high-profile lawsuit held astatine the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan connected December 13.
Angry spectators reportedly went connected a rampage and clashed with police, causing harm to stadium furnishings estimated astatine astir Rs 2 crore.“Sports curate Aroop Biswas has written to main curate Mamata Banerjee requesting to beryllium relieved of the work of the sports department,” Ghosh said, linking the determination to the contention surrounding the Messi event.However, the missive shared by the TMC person was not connected Biswas’s authoritative letterhead, triggering questions successful governmental circles astir its ceremonial status.
Repeated attempts to interaction Biswas for remark went unanswered, and determination was nary contiguous confirmation from the main minister’s bureau (CMO) connected whether the resignation connection had been accepted.Biswas, a elder Trinamool Congress person and a adjacent subordinate of the main minister, has truthful acold not issued immoderate nationalist connection connected the matter.
