The ongoing celebration in Calcutta for winning this year's version of IPL by KKR is absolutely unprecedented by many standards. The victory by the franchise team is being hailed by many Calcuttans as something bigger than winning the last year's ICC World Cup by India. Few facts around this celebration have raised eyebrows. The unofficial local mouthpiece of the party in power in the state (The Daily Sangbad Pratidin) has been uncomplicated in describing the win as the win of change in the state. The Trinamool Congress propaganda machine went on as far as claiming that since the CP(I)M influenced Sourav Ganguly (what the shit!!) was not in the team, this time Shahrukh Khan and Gautam Gambhir took the challenge with lot of enthusiasm and the CM Shreemati Bandyapadhyay was always next to them in this battle. Wow!!!
http://epratidin.in/Details.aspx?id=8296&boxid=145735515 (my non-Bengali friends won't be able to read this, but I have already translated the first few lines of the crap).
The CM who always complains about lack of funds in the state government treasury, had shown that she has a kind heart by spending millions of Rupees of the taxpayers for the victory celebration of a franchise team. When Shreemati Bandyapadhyay hails the victory and relates it with the 'pariwartan' (change) of party in power in Writers' Building we must think that IPL is a political event, not a sporting one. In fact that's not that big a shock keeping Shreemati Bandyapadhyay's track record in mind of nonsense comments on hundreds of matters. But it was a real beamer when the President of India appointee, the Governor of West Bengal joined the chorus with the Trinamool Congress leader. Shree Narayanan described the victory of the sporting event (?) as the beginning of real 'pariwartan' in the state. I thought the Governor's role had nothing to do with any party being in power. I am aware that the governors in our country in general are not free of political bias all the time. But a person of his stature comparing the win of the sporting event as the political change in the state - frankly speaking, I have not heard anything like this before.
http://epratidin.in/Details.aspx?id=8296&boxid=145735515 (my non-Bengali friends won't be able to read this, but I have already translated the first few lines of the crap).
The CM who always complains about lack of funds in the state government treasury, had shown that she has a kind heart by spending millions of Rupees of the taxpayers for the victory celebration of a franchise team. When Shreemati Bandyapadhyay hails the victory and relates it with the 'pariwartan' (change) of party in power in Writers' Building we must think that IPL is a political event, not a sporting one. In fact that's not that big a shock keeping Shreemati Bandyapadhyay's track record in mind of nonsense comments on hundreds of matters. But it was a real beamer when the President of India appointee, the Governor of West Bengal joined the chorus with the Trinamool Congress leader. Shree Narayanan described the victory of the sporting event (?) as the beginning of real 'pariwartan' in the state. I thought the Governor's role had nothing to do with any party being in power. I am aware that the governors in our country in general are not free of political bias all the time. But a person of his stature comparing the win of the sporting event as the political change in the state - frankly speaking, I have not heard anything like this before.
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