Did Sourav Ganguly ask Yusuf Pathan to quit as MP for Mamata? Dada clears air
After the Bengal poll drubbing, where she lost her own seat to her bete noire Suvendu Adhikari, speculation was rife that Mamata Banerjee could enter
After the Bengal poll drubbing, where she lost her own seat to her bete noire Suvendu Adhikari, speculation was rife that Mamata Banerjee could enter the Parliament through a bypoll. A report in a Bengali daily claimed the Trinamool Congress (TMC) sought the help of former Indian cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly to convince e cricketer Yusuf Pathan to resign as Baharampur MP so that Mamata could contest the bypoll.
However, Ganguly has now denied the sensational claims, calling them in "reckless disregard of the truth". Read Full Story At the centre of the controversy is a report in a popular Bengali daily on Mamata's political future. The report mentioned that to keep herself relevant and stage a comeback, Mamata might take the Lok Sabha route to the Parliament.
The report, citing sources, mentioned that the TMC was eyeing the Baharampur seat in Murshidabad district. cricketer Yusuf Pathan emerged as a giant killer by
winning the seat in 2024 against veteran Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. Ends
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