Kalyan Banerjee suspended for remainder of Monsoon session over ‘objectionable’ remarks against NCPI members
The remarks prompted immediate protests from the legislators, who are part of the faction that had broken away from the Trinamool Congress.
In the presence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Indian tennis star and Olympic medalist Leander Paes joined the Trinamool Congress in a ceremonial induction ceremony in Goa.
Paes’ father, Vece, is from Goa and was born in Kolkata.
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The entrance of the high-profile sportsman comes as the Trinamool Congress prepares to run in the state Assembly elections in 2022.
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(With IANS inputs)
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