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Saket Sambhav

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ADJUVA LEGAL® • 1m

Messi came. Fans paid ₹5,000 to ₹15,000 for tickets. But Fans Couldn't even see him. His appearance at Salt Lake Stadium was supposed to be a celebration of football. Instead, it EXPOSED the fault lines of our event culture, where VIP access trumps public dignity, and mismanagement pretends to be a celebration. ⚽ Messi appeared for just 20–22 minutes, flanked by over 100 VIPs, security, and politicians. ⚽ Most fans couldn’t even glimpse him. ⚽ No clear seating, no crowd control, no accountability. ⚽ Chaos erupted. Chairs were thrown, barricades broken, fires lit. Police intervened. Arrests were made. Injuries reported. ⚽ West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee issued a public apology and ordered a high-level probe. ⚽ The chief organiser was arrested for fraud and mismanagement. This wasn’t just poor planning. It was a betrayal of public TRUST. Messi didn’t fail us. Our systems did. Our OBSESSION WITH STATUS turned a moment of joy into a spectacle of exclusion. The real questions - ✅ Why did we need this so badly? ✅ Why do we keep outsourcing joy, bliss and meaning to celebrities and systems that never deliver?

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