"Grateful to Mamata Banerjee for trusting me with responsibility to become people's voice in Parliament": Yusuf Pathan
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after Trinamool Congress announced his candidature from the Berhampore Lok Sabha seat for the upcoming polls.
Yusuf Pathan said that it is the duty of the representatives of the people to uplift the deprived sections of society.
«I'm eternally grateful to Mamata Banerjee for welcoming me into the TMC family and trusting me with the responsibility to become people's voice in the Parliament. As representatives of the people, it is our duty to uplift the poor and deprived, and that is what I hope to achieve,» Yusuf Pathan posted on X.
Reacting to the announcement of the candidates, West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar questioned the TMC's decision to field Yusuf Pathan and Kirti Azad.
«Just half an hour before the TMC's list was announced, Abhishek Banerjee was making statements like BJP is anti-Bengal. Now, when the candidates are announced, it's clear that TMC is bringing people from outside. I don't know if Kirti Azad and Yusuf Pathan are Bengali, Yusuf Pathan is from Gujarat, and so is PM Modi, but for them, PM Modi is an outsider,» he said.
Currently, the Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury represents Berhampore constituency in the Lower House.
Earlier, TMC announced its candidates at the Brigade Parade ground on Sunday. The party has fielded candidates on all 42 Lok Sabha seats.
Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will contest from Diamond Harbour. Mahua Moitra, who was expelled from Lok Sabha in
