By Hindustan Times
Kolkata trooped out to honour Kolkata Knight Riders' victory in IPL5 however the show at Eden Gardens on Tuesday was taken over by chief minister Mamata Banerjee.
Banerjee felicitated the team players, sang the team song, directed the crowd, gave a speech lamenting her state's financial condition and snapped at mediapersons for "not behaving".
She even volunteered to participate within the team's victory lap on the stadium. "I WILL start the run, I'm getting directly to the sphere now. No music please," she said holding a mike as hundreds of individuals on the stadium cheered on.
She ordered that only the team would run across the ground and everybody else should take a seat. She shouted at people to take a seat dow and snapped at camerapersons to not block KKR players.
KKR team co-owner Shah Rukh Khan requested Banerjee to bop however the CM politely refused. That was a relief, said people on Twitter where the manager minister was criticised and mocked for Eden Gardens "show".
"Mamata Di and Kolkata are doing the similar for get up comedians, what Laloo and Bihar did within the '90s," said @SnowLeopard.
"Has anyone noticed how the one Bengali at the KKR team is Mamata and she's forced herself into the image"? said @lindsaypereira.
"Mamata is dancing with SRK over IPL win. Doesn't she have anything better to do than make a large deal a few corporate venture?" said @amrankapdi
"Finally, the joke is over #Eden Gardens. Can every other city clown like this?" said @diptosh.
More than 50,000 people lined up on either side of the street from Hamza at South Kolkata to the Eden Gardens for the victory procession organised for KKR.
Frenzied scenes were seen all along the 5-km stretch because the KKR players celebrated the victory on an open bus top with the fans making desperate attempts to the touch them.
Thousands of fans gathered on the Jatin Das Park crossing at Hazra, from where the parade began, with people throwing bouquets on the players. But with the team co-owner Shah Rukh Khan, who landed on the city late last night, missing there has been some visible disappointment a number of the crowd.
