Abhijit Mukherjee Pranab Mukherjee’s Son, Joins TMC

Former President Pranab Mukherjee's son and ex-Congress MP Abhijit Mukherjee joined the TMC on Monday afternoon.

Soon after joining the Trinamool, Mukherjee praised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the way she took on the BJP in the recent Assembly polls.

“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,” News Channel quoted Mukherjee as saying.

The development comes as a set back for the Congress in West Bengal, which has reportedly witnessed a widening rift between senior party leadership and unit and party leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.