Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday disowned her younger brother Babun Banerjee after he expressed displeasure over the party re-nominating Prasun Banerjee from Howrah Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal.
Hitting out at her brother for speaking out against the party’s selection of candidates, Banerjee, while speaking to the reporters in Jalpaiguri, said, “Before every election, he creates a problem. I don’t like greedy people. I don’t believe in dynasty politics that I will give him ticket in elections.”
“I have decided to disown him and cut off all relationships with him,” she said, PTI reported.
Asked about media reports that he might join the BJP, the West Bengal CM said, “He can do whatever he wants to. The party stands by its official candidate Prasun Banerjee.”
Babun Banerjee, who is presently in New Delhi, however, denied speculations that he might switch over to the BJP, but said he is pondering over contesting “Lok Sabha polls from the Howrah seat as an independent.”
“I am not happy with the selection of the candidate from Howrah Lok Sabha seat. Prasun Banerjee is not the right choice. Many capable candidates were overlooked,” he said. A former footballer, Prasun Banerjee, is a two-time Lok Sabha MP of the TMC from the Howrah seat.
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Notably, this is not the first time that the Banerjee siblings have sparred in public.
Mamata Banerjee had rebuked her brother earlier as well, during the Covid-19 pandemic for violating safety rules, NDTV reported.
(With inputs from PTI)