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The president of Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) Sourav Ganguly on Saturday said that they will soon take a call if Eden Gardens would join the other cricket stadiums in the country and remove portraits of Pakistan's cricketers.
The president of Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) Sourav Ganguly on Saturday said that they will soon take a call if Eden Gardens would join the other cricket stadiums in the country and remove portraits of Pakistan's cricketers.
Earlier in the day, over 40 members of the BJP's youth wing were arrested for protesting outside the Eden Gardens here, demanding that the photographs of Pakistani cricketers, including that of Imran Khan, be removed from the iconic stadium's gallery.
The protesters demanded a meeting with Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president and former Team India captain Sourav Ganguly to hand over a letter seeking removal of photographs of Pakistani cricketers from the stadium, BJP sources said.
Over 40 members of the BJP's youth wing have been arrested in this connection, a senior Kolkata police officer said.
The stadium's gallery features photographs of several Pakistani cricketers, including Prime Minister Imran Khan, according to a CAB official.
The Eden Garden protest came close on the heels of similar agitations in cricket stadiums in Mumbai and Nagpur.
(With agency inputs)
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