bulbul Posted December 14, 2013 Posted December 14, 2013 BJP has offered a ticket to former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly to contest the general elections next year, however, he is undecided on acceptance of the proposal. It is learnt that the offer has come from the BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, who has promised to make the Bengal sports icon the sports minister in the Cabinet if the party comes to power. Yes, I've an offer. But I'm still undecided on what to do. I've been busy for last few days... I'll let you know soon," Ganguly was quoted as saying in a leading Bengali daily. The speculation has been doing rounds after he met Varun Gandhi through a common friend in the capital in mid November. Varun, the national general secretary of BJP, is also the observer for West Bengal. http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bjp-offers-party-ticket-to-sourav-ganguly-reports/439526-3.html Except IPL, Communal Dada was always a great player :isalute: Modi
Clarke Posted December 14, 2013 Posted December 14, 2013 This proves Modi is against poor; he wants Prince of Calcutta in his cabinet but mocks the Shehzaada from Amethi :beee:
bulbul Posted December 15, 2013 Author Posted December 15, 2013 The former skipper of Team India was quoted as saying, "Yes, the BJP did make an offer. However, I have declined it. I won't be contesting the elections." http://news.oneindia.in/india/sourav-ganguly-rejects-bjp-proposal-narendra-modi-upset-2014-elections-1359444.html :((
bulbul Posted December 18, 2013 Author Posted December 18, 2013 Amid growing speculation about beginning a new innings in politics, former India captain Sourav Ganguly, who has been made an offer by the BJP to contest the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, today said he would not comment 'anything on politics'. Told that there seemed to be scramble among political parties to rope him in to contest the Lok Sabha polls with even a proposal to make him the future sports minister which was similar to efforts made to get cricketers into the IPL, he said: "I hope that in future I will be able to participate in IPL. What I have said is that I don't want to make any comment on politics. "This is not the platform to discuss politics," he said. http://ibnlive.in.com/news/i-dont-want-to-make-any-comment-on-politics-sourav-ganguly/440184-37-64.html Dada is a true politician :--D May be he is thinking about financial losses if he committed fully to Politics. I don't think he will start corruption once he joined politics,may be he wants to make sure the his current income can be maintained even after joining politics. But IPL :giggle:
theindian Posted December 19, 2013 Posted December 19, 2013 Except IPL, Communal Dada was always a great player :isalute: Modi Yup! I agreed! Hope this works...and get something new by this announcement.
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