Vikrant Shekhawat : Jul 05, 2021, 01:46 PM
Kolkata: After Mamata Banerjee's party Trinamool Congress came to power again in West Bengal, many opposition leaders have joined TMC. Recently, former BJP national vice president Mukul Roy returned to the party. Now former President Pranab Mukherjee's son and former Congress MP Abhijit Mukherjee can also join TMC. According to sources, Abhijeet will join the party today at 4 pm in the presence of senior TMC leaders.Abhijeet may contest from Jangipur assembly seatAccording to sources, Abhijit Mukherjee had met senior TMC leaders in the past. There is speculation that TMC will offer Jangipur assembly seat to Abhijit Mukherjee.Mamta was supported in the fake vaccine scandalLet us inform that recently Abhijit Banerjee had supported Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the fake vaccine scandal. Abhijit Mukherjee wrote on Twitter, "It is not right to hold West Bengal and Mamta Banerjee responsible for the wrong actions of any particular person. If this is so, then Prime Minister Narendra Modi can also be held responsible for the cases related to Mehul Choksi, Nirav Modi and Vijay Mallya. Answer was sought fromAbhijeet became MP from Jangipur Lok Sabha seatPranab Mukherjee's elder son Abhijit Mukherjee was in government service before joining politics. In 2012, Abhijit won the elections from there on a Congress ticket after Pranab Mukherjee became the President of West Bengal's Jangipur Lok Sabha seat falling vacant. He was again elected MP from Jangipur in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. But he had to face defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Pranab Mukherjee was elected twice from Jangipur in 2004 and 2009.