New Delhi, Dec. 14 -- BJP IT Cell chief Amit Malviya on Sunday blamed Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders for the chaos during the GOAT India Tour of football icon Lionel Messi at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, accusing them of making a "private spectacle" of themselves.

Sharing an image of TMC Minister Aroop Biswas' family and Akash Banerjee, nephew of Mamata Banerjee's with Lionel Messi at the Salt Lake Stadium, Amit Malviya said, "Yesterday's programme at Yuva Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake Stadium) was meant to celebrate football in a city that lives and breathes the sport, and to give Lionel Messi's fans a moment to cherish. Instead, the event was reduced to a private spectacle reserved for a select few from the Banerjee-Biswas circle." ...