Anurag misleading people in the name of Tendulkar: CPI(M)

The CPI(M) today slammed Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association president Anurag Thakur for his promise to build 200 stadiums in honour of cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar and said it was an attempt to "hoodwink the people and divert their attention away from misdeeds of HPCA".
"The HPCA has made itself a laughing stock by linking the name of Tendulkar with the state cricket body which has been accused of many wrongdoings and getting huge chunks of government lands in the garb of promoting cricket," CPI(M) state secretariat member and Shimla Deputy Mayor Takinder Panwar said in a statement.
He also urged Tendulkar to distance himself from the bogey of lies and not to associate with people who are charged with cheating and fraud in the state.

"The name of Sachin Tendulkar is being misused to divert attention of people who are waiting for stern action against the land grabbers," he said, adding the main agenda of HPCA has been to grab land, instead of promoting cricket.
On the pretext of opening cricket academies, the association has grabbed prime and common land at throw away prices and created a fiefdom to support the BJP, he alleged.
Panwar also said BJP flags were seen fluttering over HPCA properties after the high court granted an interim relief and restored the possession of the properties to the association after the state government had seized them.

Claiming that Anurag Thakur had not mentioned about the availability of land for the construction of 200 stadiums, the CPI(M) leader alleged that an effort was being made to perpetrate another fraud on the people.