Mamata rules out taking back defectors, asserts ‘We are real Trinamool’
Without naming Ritabrata Banerjee's camp, she described it as the BJP's "B-team" and alleged that the breakaway faction was indirectly helping the BJP.
The entrance of the high-profile sportsman comes as the Trinamool Congress prepares to run in the state Assembly elections in 2022.
SNS | New Delhi | October 29, 2021 2:53 pm
Leander Paes joins Trinamool Congress(photo:twitter)
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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Without naming Ritabrata Banerjee's camp, she described it as the BJP's "B-team" and alleged that the breakaway faction was indirectly helping the BJP.
Around 1,000 police personnel have been stationed at each of the three central Kolkata venues, with drones, RAF teams and central forces deployed to prevent clashes between rival groups.
The exiled Bangladeshi writer accused sections of the Left of hypocrisy and appeasement politics, while maintaining that her return to Kolkata has been organised by a secular organisation and not any political party.
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