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This is what Sourav Ganguly mentioned when requested about becoming a member of the BJP

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A day after former Indian captain and present BCCI President Sourav Ganguly met the West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, speculations have been rife in political circles about him becoming a member of the BJP.
While talking to the media, Ganguly gave a cryptic reply when quizzed about his political ambitions. On being requested whether or not he or his members of the family would be part of the saffron celebration, the previous Indian captain replied, “If the Governor wants to meet you, you have to meet him. So let us keep it like that.” It should be talked about that Ganguly joined Union Home Minister and BJP chief Amit Shah in unveiling a statue of late Arun Jaitley at Delhi’s Feroz Shah Kotla stadium on the event of the previous finance minister’s beginning anniversary right now.
If the Governor desires to fulfill you, it’s a must to meet him. So allow us to maintain it like that: BCCI President Sourav Ganguly on being requested if he or anybody from his household would be part of BJP pic.twitter.com/C6VKs4mbX2— ANI (@ANI) December 28, 2020
West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh speaks about Sourav Ganguly
While talking to the media over rumours of Sourav Ganguly becoming a member of the saffron celebration, West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh mentioned, “I have nothing to know about what he would do or he wouldn’t. He is a respectable man and has been the captain (of the Indian cricket team).”
He requested, “Why do we have these rumours going around after Sourav Ganguly met the Governor?” Dilip Ghosh added that politics in Bengal is in tatters and due to this fact ‘good people’ are all the time ‘welcome’ within the BJP. “Successful people such as Sourav Ganguly must join politics”, he additional hinted.
Sourav Ganguly and his political ambitions
Sourav Ganguly himself is thought to share a cordial relationship with Amit Shah and his son Jay Shah, who’s the Secretary of BCCI. Dona Ganguly, the cricketer’s spouse who’s a well known classical dancer, was seen performing at BJP Mahila Morcha’s Durga Puja in Kolkata.
Due to the political nature of the BCCI appointment, and the cordial relationship between Ganguly and senior leaders of the celebration, there are speculations that the favored former cricketer might BJP forward of the 2021 Assembly Elections in West Bengal.
But it has additionally been reported that Sourav Ganguly has conveyed his disinterest in becoming a member of politics to the BJP. Home Minister Amit Shah, however, has been remarkably nonchalant concerning the prospects of him becoming a member of the celebration. Last 12 months, he denied that the celebration had made any makes an attempt to recruit the cricketer however admitted that ‘it would be good’ if he joined.