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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Shillong, June 1\u0964<\/strong> Board of Cricket for Control of India (BCCI) President Anurag Thakur asserted on Wednesday that politicians have the ability to head various national sports bodies in the country.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The 41-year-old three-time Lok Sabha member from Hamripur in Himachal Pradesh was responding to a journalist&#39;s call for his comment on politicians heading various sports bodies in India.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;If politicians can run the country, they can run the sport bodies also,&quot; Thakur told reporters here.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;One should appreciate the hard work done by them. I was a cricketer first, then sports administrator later, then I became a politician. That does not disqualify me for becoming sports administrator. So they have contributed in creating infrastructure and that (politicians heading sports bodies) helps,&quot; he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Thakur also pointed out that elections are held to state sports bodies and players also contest the polls and get elected.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>He added that big names like former India leg-spinner Anil Kumble and former India captain Sourav Ganguly, among others, were part of the cricket associations in their respective states.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I have come from sports to politics but, sports not really is the gateway to politics. If it is the gateway also, there&#39;s nothing in that because politics also is a platform to work for the country,&quot; Thakur said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Agency<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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