'₹5 Crore For Ticket': Former TMC MLA Manoj Tiwary's Explosive Claim
Former India cricketer and outgoing Trinamool Congress MLA Manoj Tiwary on Tuesday said the "TMC chapter is over" for him, alleging that the party denied him a ticket from Howrah's Shibpur constituency for refusing to pay Rs 5 crore. The 40-year-old former India batter and the highest run-getter in the history of Bengal cricket (10,195 first-class runs) was a Minister of State for Sports in the government led by Mamata Banerjee, whose 15-year tenure ended with a BJP sweep in the latest Assembly elections on Monday.
