'There should be no politics over selection of selectors,' a member present at the AGM quoted Ganguly as saying.

He also quizzed the ruling group on whether it had foregone a portion of the Indian Premier League money which could have been utilised for Bengal cricket and emphasised the need for a roadmap for developing the game in the state.

Ganguly also raised questions over the appointment of Roger Binny saying the CAB should have utilised the rich pool of talented former cricketers in the state.

'Why was David da (Utpal Chatterjee), who coached Bengal last year, sacked?' he asked.

'It has now been decided that the CAB will give a letter to Chatterjee thanking him for his services last year,' Ahmed said.

But Ganguly refused to share his views at the AGM with the media apart from giving out some feel-good quotes. 'It is a new role. It was a good experience,' he said, after emerging from the meeting.

'I don't want to discuss that here. I have said whatever I had to say at the meeting,' he said when asked about his views on the coach issue.

Dalmiya's detractors, who are pinning their hopes on Ganguly taking on the seasoned cricket administrator in the CAB polls next year, were clearly elated with the articulate cricketer's aggressive stance at the meeting.

'In the past, no one mustered up the courage to look Dalmiya in the eye at the AGMs and assert himself like this,' said long time Dalmiya rival Samar Pal.