CAB chief Ganguly said he did not wish to comment on the Eden Gardens incident

KOLKATA: The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) refused to yield to pressure and remove photographs of former Pakistani cricketers displayed at the Eden Gardens gallery despite a BJP Yuva Morcha (BJYM) demonstration at its headquarters on Saturday afternoon.

Around 60 members of the state BJP’s youth wing, shouting anti-Pakistan slogans and flaying CAB for “patronising” Pakistani cricketers, demanded that the pictures of Imran Khan and other former Pakistan stars be pulled down and tried to enter the Eden Gardens Club House when they were blocked and arrested by cops.

Pakistani PM and former captain Khan’s picture, holding aloft the 1992 World Cup, is displayed prominently at the BC Roy Club House lobby. Pictures of other legendary Pakistani cricketers, like Wasim Akram, Intikhab Alam and Rameez Raja, too, adorn the walls of the Club House.

Continuing anti-Pakistan protests have forced BCCI and several of its affiliated units to remove pictures of Pakistani stars at their premises.

CAB chief Sourav Ganguly, who after the attack had backed snapping of sporting ties with Pakistan, said, “I really don’t have anything to say on this. I have already said whatever I have to say and I stick to that.”

