8216;Charges baseless8217;

West Bengal Sports Minister Subhas Chakraborty described the charges against Dalmiya as 8216;baseless and untrue8217; and said he was being harassed 8216;unnecessarily8217;.

8220;Not a single charge against Dalmiya is acceptable and it is not for the first time that he has been subjected to harassment,8221; Chakraborty, who had supported Dalmiya8217;s candidature for the CAB president8217;s post against Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee8217;s nominee Prasun Mukherjee in 2006, told reporters. Asked if the state government would allow the rebel Indian Cricket League ICL to hold matches at the Eden Garden, Chakraborty said, 8220;If they want, we will give it to them. We are not loyal servants of the BCCI.8221;