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The recently formed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State authorities successful West Bengal connected Wednesday (June 3, 2026) reduced the information screen for Sourav Ganguly, erstwhile skipper of the Indian cricket team, from the Z- class to the Y-category.
The improvement was confirmed by officials of the West Bengal Police information helping arsenic portion of an “ongoing regular exercise” successful reviewing the information screen of assorted salient personalities successful the State based connected their menace assessments.
Mr. Ganguly, a erstwhile president of the Board of Control for Cricket successful India, had his information screen elevated to the Z-category comprising astatine slightest nine-10 constabulary unit by the erstwhile Trinamool Congress (TMC) authorities successful 2023. However, nether the caller Y-category arrangement, Mr. Ganguly is expected to beryllium provided with lone 3 to 4 information personnel.
Mr. Ganguly, considered adjacent to the TMC, was made president of the Cricket Association of Bengal successful 2015, a presumption helium continues to hold, aft being retained successful 2019 and 2025.
He was besides elected arsenic president of the Board of Control for Cricket successful India successful 2019 but discontinue the station successful 2022. The BJP enactment tried to persuaded him to articulation the party. Mr. Ganguly has ne'er commented connected the subject, and has repeatedly ruled retired speculation that helium whitethorn articulation immoderate party.
A conception of Trinamool leaders viewed the determination arsenic a effect of Mr. Ganguly’s rumoured rejection of the State BJP’s efforts that helium formally articulation the Central BJP force.
Since the BJP came to power, information screen for respective salient Trinamool leaders, including the party’s nationalist wide caput Abhishek Banerjee, and erstwhile Ministers Shobhandeb Chattopadhyay, Chandrima Bhattacharya, Aroop Biswas, and Kalyan Banerjee has been downgraded.
