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The resignation of Sourav Ganguly as president of the BCCI has turned into a political flashpoint rather than a matter of sports management.

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The situation has taken on such a political slant that even the most well-known members of the state's ruling and opposition parties,

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including Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister, and Suvendu Adhikari, the opposition leader in the West Bengal Assembly,

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have seized the initiative to fight their respective political parties' battles.

When Mamata Banerjee questioned the reasons for Sourav Ganguly's dismissal from the BCCI president's chair

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it was the beginning of the discussion. "What was the harm in permitting the former Indian cricket team captain a second term

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as the board's president when Union Home Minister Amit Shah's son, Jay Shah, could continue as the BCCI secretary?" she argued.

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In order for Ganguly to represent India in the running for the position of International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman,

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the chief minister also indicated that she will speak with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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