• 'Trinamool flows like blood through my veins': Mamata Banerjee's ex-minister Sovan Chatterjee returns to TMC after 6-year stint with BJP
    Times of India | 4 November 2025
  • KOLKATA: Former West Bengal minister Sovan Chatterjee formally returned to

    on Monday, seven years after he had quit the party and subsequently joined

    .

    The former Kolkata mayor, who was appointed as the chairperson of NKDA (New Town Kolkata Development Authority) on Oct 30, said: "Trinamool flows like blood through my veins."

    Chatterjee, along with his aide Baishakhi Bhattacharjee, were inducted back into the party by TMC state president Subrata Bakshi.

    Addressing a presser, Chatterjee said, "This is my home, my family. I want to strengthen Trinamool Congress in the days ahead. I have no words to express my gratitude." Soon after joining the party, the duo went to meet TMC national general secretary

    at the latter's Kalighat residence.
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