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NEW DELHI: The BJP connected Saturday launched a crisp onslaught connected West Bengal main curate Mamata Banerjee implicit the chaos astatine Kolkata’s Salt Lake stadium during Argentine shot prima Lionel Messi’s appearance, with Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari accusing the authorities authorities of gross mismanagement and making 3 demands, including Banerjee’s resignation.Reacting to the upset astatine the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Adhikari posted connected X, saying, "Shame connected you, Mamata Banerjee ! The 'Khela Hobe' Circus Turns into a TMC Loot-Fest astatine Yuva Bharati ! What a pathetic spectacle successful Kolkata contiguous ! Our football-crazed Bengali Fans, dreaming of a glimpse of the GOAT Lionel Messi, shelled retired thousands for tickets, lone to beryllium treated similar second-class citizens successful their ain state.
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He alleged that portion elder Trinamool Congress leaders and their associates surrounded Messi, mean fans were near disappointed. "While Arup Biswas, Sujit Bose, and their bootlicking entourage of 100+ VIP vultures swarmed Messi similar leeches connected a bloodbath, the existent fans? Stuck successful galleries, staring astatine a measly 5-7 minutes connected a elephantine surface ! No nonstop view, conscionable betrayal," helium wrote.Adhikari besides accused organisers and the authorities medication of exploiting spectators.
"And get this: Water bottles banned inside, forcing hopeless fans to cough up ₹200 for a ₹20 bottle? Classic TMC extortion racket !" helium said, adding that the lawsuit had been turned into a governmental photograph accidental and nett exercise. "This isn't conscionable mismanagement; it's a transgression battle connected West Bengal's pridefulness and betrayal of our passionate shot lovers.
Enough is capable !"Listing his demands, Adhikari said, "FULL 100% REFUND for each assemblage summons holder, instrumentality each paisa you stole," called for the "IMMEDIATE ARREST of Sports Minister Arup Biswas, Fire Minister Sujit Bose, and sham organizer Shatadru Dutta," and asserted that "MAMATA BANERJEE MUST RESIGN for dragging West Bengal's sanction done the mud connected the planetary stage."The BJP leader’s remarks came hours aft chaos erupted astatine the stadium, wherever thousands of fans protested aft failing to get a wide presumption of Messi during the much-publicised event. Messi, accompanied by Luis Suárez and Rodrigo De Paul, arrived astatine the venue astir 11.30 americium but remained tightly cordoned disconnected by information and VIPs. His little quality and aboriginal exit sparked choler among spectators, starring to vandalism, slogan-shouting and a constabulary baton complaint to power the crowd.Following the incident, Banerjee expressed daze implicit the mismanagement and ordered a high-level enquiry. In a station connected X, she apologised to Messi and shot fans, saying, “I americium profoundly disturbed and shocked by the mismanagement witnessed contiguous astatine Salt Lake stadium.” She announced that a committee headed by retired Calcutta High Court justice Justice Ashim Kumar Ray would analyse the episode, hole work and urge corrective measures.The upset besides drew disapproval from Bengal politician C V Ananda Bose, who termed it a acheronian time for Kolkata’s sports civilization and called for enactment against the organisers. Ticket prices for the lawsuit ranged from Rs 4,500 to Rs 10,000, and galore fans said they had spent ample sums lone to permission disappointed.The occurrence has since escalated into a governmental flashpoint, with the BJP accusing the Trinamool Congress of turning a marquee sporting lawsuit into what Adhikari described arsenic a "corrupt circus," portion the authorities authorities has promised accountability done a ceremonial probe.
