Abhijit Mukherjee, son of late Prez Pranab Mukherjee, joins TMC

Abhijit Mukherjee, son of former President of India Pranab Mukherjee has joined Trinamool Congress in Kolkata today. Earlier, he was with the Indian National Congress (INC) and is the incumbent MP of Jangipur.

Kolkata: Abhijit Mukherjee, son of late President of India, Pranab Mukherjee has joined Trinamool Congress in Kolkata today. Earlier Abhijit Mukherjee was with The Indian National Congress (INC) and is the incumbent MP of Jangipur.

At a press conference today party's Secretary General Partha Chatterjee announced his joining in TMC. TMC MP Sudip Banerjee handed over the party flag in the hands of Abhijit Mukherjee.

Addressing the media, Mukherjee said, "I have joined as a member of the TMC today. I came from the Congress and am joining Trinamool Congress." "The Congress did not give me any position and therefore I have now joined the TMC. I will work as a soldier, and accordingly will perform the responsibilities given," he added.

Abhijit Mukherjee also praised West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and said, "The way Mamata Banerjee halted the recent communal wave by BJP, I believe that in the future, with the support of others, she would be able to do the same in the entire country."

The newly inducted leader said that while he was in touch with Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee before the assembly elections, had he joined the TMC before the polls, it would have been construed that he switched allegiance for some post. "I don't hanker for any post. I work as a grassroots worker and it is up to the party to decide how to use me. I did not have any post in the Congress," Mukherjee added.

TMC secretary-general Partha Chatterjee said the party hopes that Abhijit Mukherjee's political acumen and sagacity will help it to ensure a "BJP-free India" in the future. "We would like to use his services appropriately to fight the communal, undemocratic and fascist forces. He is the son of Pranab Mukherjee, who was our source of inspiration on many matters. He was a politician with deep roots in secular and progressive values," Chatterjee added.

(With Agency Inputs)