Former BJP MP Babul Supriyo joins TMC after informing that he ‘quit politics’

Babul Supriyo with Derek O`Brien and Abhishek Banerjee. Pic/Pallav Paliwal

Former Union Minister and ex-BJP MP Babul Supriyo, on Saturday, joined Mamata Banerjee-lead Trinamool Congress (TMC).

"Today, in the 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," the party said in a tweet.

Last month, he had informed that he is "quitting politics" and will not be joining any other political party but was later persuaded against resigning as a Lok Sabha member.

"Politics is beyond the constitutional post and I withdraw myself from it. I will not join any other party. I will vacate the MP bungalow in Delhi and release security personnel from their duties soon," he had said after resigning in August, 2021.

Babul Supriyo joined the BJP in 2014 and has been elected twice from Asansol.