Dispelling rumours, Late President Pranab Mukherjee’s son, Abhijit Mukherjee, on Friday made it clear that he’s not leaving the Congress not like his buddy Jitin Prasada. Television channels and some newspapers had reported he can be becoming a member of the Trinamool Congress on Friday afternoon.
“I remain in the Congress and reports that I am joining Trinamool or any other party are not correct,” Mukherjee, a former Lok Sabha MP and Congress Campaign Committee chairman through the meeting elections, advised PTI over cellphone. Mukherjee had good relations with Jitin Prasada after they had been colleagues within the Congress Parliamentary Party, and the Late President was additionally identified to be fond of him and his father Jitendra Prasada.
Mukherjee, an engineer-turned politician who received twice from Jangipur constituency, stated in a lighter vein: “I am nearly 300 km away from the Trinamool Bhavan right now, sitting in Jangipur House… so, unless someone can teleport me, it would be impossible for me to join any party this afternoon.” He stated the rumours most likely arose after some of his father’s former Congress colleagues “who are now in Trinamool” had come to have tea with him. “They included MP Khalilur Rahman from Jangipur, MP Abu Taher Khan from Murshidabad and TMC ministers Akhrruzzaman and Sabina Yesmin.
“But, I’ve identified them for lengthy, as they had been near my father… to take a position that simply because associates got here to fulfill me, I’ll be a part of TMC, is stretching it too far,” Mukherjee said. Pranab Mukherjee had won from Jangipur twice in 2004 and 2009, before becoming President of India. Several projects started by him, including a branch of the Aligarh Muslim University in the district, an Army cantonment and a management college, are now bearing fruit.
Abhijit Mukherjee said he had also been involved with some of these projects as an MP, and most of his interactions with state leaders are based on these developments, “in addition to regular social relations with previous associates”.
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