Kolkata: Ahead of Bhawanipur assembly by-poll, two-time MP from Asansol and former union minister in the Narendra Modi government Babul Supriyo on Saturday joined Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress in presence of TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien.
" Today in presence of national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and RS MP Derek O"Brien, former union minister and sitting MP Babul Supriyo joined the Trinamool Family" an AITC statement said.
" We take this opportunity to extend a very warm welcome to him". the statement added
Surprisingly, the union minister, who was dropped from the Modi ministry in the BJP led NDA government in the latest reshuffle, was one of the star campaigners for Bhawanipur BJP candidate Priyanka Tibrewal, who is challenging TMC supremo and chief minister Mamata Banerjee for the September 30 by-poll.
The surprise switchover of Babul Supriyo, who was one of the fiercest critics of Mamata Banerjee, was sure to have an impact in the September 30 by-poll when political observers have been giving some weight to the BJP firebrand advocate Tibrewal. Babul Supriyo, who had announced on July 31 to go on a political sanyas, also fought unsuccessfully assembly poll in the Tollygunj, also falling under south Kolkata
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Winner of the Asansol Parliament seat in 2014 and 2019, Babul Supriyo was also a crusader for democracy and swore to liberate Bengal from the TMC. Babul Supriyo, who held the union ministry for two occasions in 2014 and 2019 , was unhappy when he was dropped from the Modi ministry in the last reshuffle.(UNI)
