Chaos At Salt Lake Stadium: Messi Event Turns Fans’ Dream Into VVIP Nightmare

What was meant to be a historic football moment at Salt Lake Stadium in Bengal turned chaotic as VVIPs hogged access to Lionel Messi. Ordinary fans, despite buying tickets worth ₹5,000–50,000, were denied a glimpse of the football legend. Among the VVIPs were CM Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Akash, ministers Aroop Biswas and Sujit Bose, and TMC MLA Raj Chakraborty’s wife, Subhashree. Frustrated fans clashed with organisers, ransacking canopies and throwing chairs, forcing police to resort to mild lathicharge. BJP and the Bengal Governor slammed the administration, while TMC claimed a political conspiracy. The event raised questions: did Bengal’s VVIPs score while fans lost?