Former India cricketer and outgoing Trinamool Congress MLA Manoj Tiwary has damaged his silence with a sequence of sharp allegations in opposition to the Mamata Banerjee-led authorities.
In a Fb Dwell video and a PTI interview, Tiwary accused TMC chief and former sports activities minister Aroop Biswas of blocking his work at each flip — and instantly blamed him for the embarrassing chaos surrounding Lionel Messi’s temporary and troubled go to to Kolkata.
Tiwary’s remarks got here within the wake of BJP’s Meeting ballot sweep in West Bengal, and he didn’t maintain again.
#WATCH | Former West Bengal Sports activities Minister Manoj Tiwary says, “On this video, I wish to clarify how my work has been hindered over the previous 5 years. I wish to share this. Arup Biswas (TMC chief and former minister) prevented me from working. I come from the sports activities world and… pic.twitter.com/isM4CMyRe1
— ANI (@ANI) Might 6, 2026
“Tea and Biscuits”, Tiwary on His Hole Ministerial Function
Tiwary, who served as Minister of State for Sports activities, stated the division had “no work apart from having tea and biscuits” and that he was “by no means allowed to undertake any precise work.”
He alleged that his position was basically ornamental. Tiwary stated he was “repeatedly and forcefully” drawn into politics in 2019 to provide the occasion a “political edge” however was sidelined later, and described his portfolio as a “lollipop.”
Tiwary stated Aroop Biswas was insecure of him and made positive he couldn’t work. “They simply wished to make use of me and guarantee I couldn’t work,” he stated.
Amongst his particular frustrations, Tiwary pointed to a proposal he had personally facilitated. He had made plans by means of his connections for world-famous sprinter Yohan Blake to construct a Centre of Excellence in West Bengal, however Aroop Biswas rejected the proposal regardless of solely Rs 5 crore being wanted.
Tiwary additionally claimed {that a} world-class monitor and area occasion he proposed was stalled regardless of a Rs 5-crore allocation, and questioned the place the state’s Rs 700-crore sports activities finances had gone.
Messi’s 5-Minute Exit, Tiwary Factors the Finger at Biswas
The Lionel Messi occasion in Kolkata stays one of the talked-about sports activities administration failures in latest West Bengal historical past. The soccer icon departed Yuva Bharati Krirangan inside minutes following a safety risk, leaving hundreds of followers upset.
Tiwary now says he noticed it coming. He skipped the state occasion, claiming he had a “premonition” of humiliation.
“Messi left the occasion inside 5-10 minutes simply due to Aroop Biswas,” Tiwary stated, including that every one sports activities lovers within the state have been embarrassed by what occurred.
Tiwary alleged that soccer fanatics have been denied even a glimpse of Messi, and that the only real goal of the occasion was for sure people to have their pictures taken. He additionally revealed he was not even invited to the occasion. “I wasn’t invited to any occasions. I used to be even on the sector throughout the Durand Cup, however I wasn’t invited as a result of Aroop Biswas couldn’t tolerate my picture,” he stated.
Mamata Banerjee “Didn’t Give Me 20 Seconds”
Tiwary additionally described a very stinging encounter with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee when he tried to boost considerations about sports activities improvement and the state of affairs in his constituency of Shibpur.
After a cupboard assembly, when Tiwary raised the problem with Banerjee, she informed him, “Don’t I’ve anything to do?” and didn’t give him even 20 seconds to elucidate what he wished to say.
Tiwary alleged that regardless of his repeated efforts to handle the exodus of athletes to different states attributable to “incompatible insurance policies,” he was met with “chilly indifference,” and that Banerjee constantly refused to grant him an viewers, as an alternative directing him to talk with Aroop Biswas.
Tiwary congratulated the BJP on forming the federal government and stated he was relieved at TMC’s exit. He stated “desires of higher services for youth have been shattered” by a authorities working for “self-interest.”
Former minister Aroop Biswas is but to answer any of the allegations.
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