Kunal ghosh

West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop: West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas on Tuesday submitted his resignation, taking moral responsibility for the lapses in management in the event featuring Argentine football star Lionel Messi at the Salt Lake Stadium here on Saturday.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has accepted his resignation, Trinamool Congress spokesman and state General Secretary, Kunal Ghosh, said in a social media statement.

In his social media post, Ghosh had claimed that the event of the Chief Minister accepting the resignation of Biswas had been as per information passed down by his sources. However, there was no official confirmation from the Chief Minister’s office on this count.