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New Delhi: In a massive update, West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas has resigned over chaos at Lionel Messi's Kolkata event, which hit the headlines not just across the country but in foreign media as well.
Within minutes of this news coming to light, Trinamool Congress (TMC) state general secretary Kunal Ghosh posted on his social media. He took to his X handle and wrote, "Aroop Biswas's resignation has been accepted."
On Tuesday morning, the committee formed by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and headed by former Justice Asim Kumar Roy submitted its report. It seeks answers from the police on the day of the incident, what the role of the police was, how the management was arranged, and how surveillance was conducted.
Immediately after this, state police DG Rajiv Kumar and Bidhannagar Commissioner Mukesh Kumar were summoned. After that, it came to light that Aroop Biswas, a heavyweight TMC leader with Tollygunge Assembly constituency as his bastion, had expressed his intention to resign from the post of Sports Minister. A handwritten letter requesting his resignation was sent to CM Banerjee. Shortly after, Kunal Ghosh posted on his X handle that the CM has accepted Biswas's resignation.
Superstar footballer Lionel Messi's recent India tour kicked off with his visit to Kolkata, but it was marred by chaos. Law and order broke down at the city's Salt Lake Stadium as Messi's brief visit to the City of Joy as part of the India Goat Tour 2025 became messy. Messi was supposed to greet the fans for a considerable time, but scores of common people in the stadium failed to catch even a glimpse of him, and the situation became a nightmare.
Messi was supposed to take a tour of the entire stadium with fans waiting to see him, but spent merely 22 minutes before moving out as disorder ensued. Angry fans, who had failed to see their idol even after buying tickets worth thousands, threw water bottles, broke chairs, and vandalised the stadium.
