Public money in private entertainment!

IPL(2014)victory celebration Kolkata Knight Rider (KKR) is one of the franchise teams of Indian Premier League (IPL), a T-20 cricket tournament. It’s owned by Bollywood star Shaha Rukh Khan along with Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Meheta.It’s totally a private tournament and has, in fact, no connection with the state. Association of ‘Kolkata’ with the name of the team is only coincidental and does not mean it’s a Kolkata team either. However, incidentally King Khan is the brand ambassador Bengal.It’s, of course, altogether a different story. Nevertheless the state almost officially bash in the glory of KKR’s wining the IPL trophy. What’s more, the State celebrates the victory at the expense of public exchequer.This year CM will dash to Kolkata from Darjeeling cutting short her normal schedule to participate in the celebration even by a hiring a private plane that costs a few lacs of rupees. On earlier occasion even guv took part in the celebration.