A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Calcutta High Court against the removal of Sourav Ganguly from the post of BCCI President. The PIL has been filed by advocate Ramprasad Sarkar, and is likely to come up for hearing on Tuesday.
In the year 2019, former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly became the President of BCCI. His three-year term ended in 2022.
He also expressed his desire to become the chairman once again but the Indian board said that there is no tradition of repeating the board president in this office, so he will have to step down. He was replaced by Roger Binny, a former Indian fast bowler and member of the 1983 world-winning team, as the president of the BCCI.
PIL filed against removal of Ganguly as BCCI President
The government argued that Ganguly was removed from office despite a clear order from the Supreme Court that he could continue for another three years. “The apex court order cleared the way for Jay Shah to continue as BCCI secretary for another three years till 2025. However, despite Shah continuing in his chair, Ganguly was removed,” he said.
He also said that being the former captain of the Indian cricket team and a former player of the Bengal team, Ganguly is the pride of Bengal. “It is an insult to the state. There is definitely some political conspiracy behind his sacking,” he said.
After the removal of Ganguly from the post of BCCI President, there was a tremendous political ruckus in West Bengal. Apart from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, many leaders had given statements in his favor and called his removal a political conspiracy and injustice to him.
After being removed from the post of BCCI President, Ganguly had announced that he would contest elections to become the President of Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), but he withdrew at the last minute. He later spoke of supporting his elder brother Snehasish Ganguly for the post.