West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has mentioned that the Indian staff would have won the ICC World Cup if the match was played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata or Wankhede stadium in Mumbai.
“If the (ICC Cricket World Cup) final match had been played at Eden Gardens stadium (Kolkata) or Wankhede stadium (Mumbai), we would have won the match,” Mamata Banerjee mentioned.
Addressing social gathering staff at the Netaji Indoor Stadium, Mamata alleged that makes an attempt have been being to “saffronise” the nation’s cricket staff.
“They are trying to paint the entire country saffron. We are proud of our Indian players, and I believe that we would have won the World Cup if the finals had taken place in Kolkata or Wankhede (in Mumbai),” she mentioned.
“They even tried to saffronise the team by introducing saffron practice jerseys. The players resisted, and as a result, they did not have to wear those jerseys during the matches,” she added.
India misplaced to Australia within the World Cup match which was played at the Narendra Modi stadium in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad.
Earlier, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi throughout an election rally in Rajasthan referred to as PM Modi ‘panauti’ whereas referring to India’s defeat within the World Cup final match. Rahul Gandhi mentioned, “PM means Panauti Modi”.Â
In one other assertion, Rahul Gandhi mentioned, “…our players were going to win the match… our players would have won…. but panauti made us lose (accha bhala humare ladke jeet jaate… panuati ne harwadiya….)”
Not solely this however Congress additionally shared a meme on its X, previously Twitter, deal with, taking the panauti dig at PM Modi over India’s World Cup loss.
However, BJP made robust objection to Rahul’s remarks towards the Prime Minister and complained to the Election Commission.
The ballot physique has now issued discover to Rahul Gandhi on his ‘panauti’ and ‘pickpocket’ jibes at PM Modi and requested him to reply by November 25.
