Former President Pranab Mukherjee’s son Abhijit Mukherjee has rejoined the Congress on Wednesday. He was in the Trinmool Congress for four years.ย
ย
The former Lok Sabha MP was given the Congress membership at the party’s state headquarters here in the presence of AICC general secretary and West Bengal in-charge Gulam Ahmed Mir, and an MLA from Jammu and Kashmir.
ย
“This is my second birthday in the Congress and politics,” Mukherjee told the media after being handed over the party flag by the national and state leadership.
ย
Mukherjee said that he had expressed his desire to rejoin the Congress in June last year, but owing to different state elections, it could take place now.
ย
He returned to the Congress four years after switching over to the Trinamool Congress in July 2021.
ย
Also read: Sharmistha Mukherjee questions Rahul over Vietnam trip
ย
West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee president Subhankar Sarkar said that this is a big step for the party’s state unit to fight for the people of West Bengal.
ย
Mukherjee had won a bye-election to the Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency in 2012 on a Congress ticket after his illustrious father, who had helmed several key ministries in the Union government as a Congress minister, was elected the President of India.
ย
Mukherjee had also won the 2014 parliamentary elections from the same constituency as a Congress candidate.ย