What to do with the Adhikaris? As the family again needles TMC, party plays it cool | Political Pulse News,The Indian Express

In presidential poll, Suvendu's MP father and brother indicate their vote may not toe TMC line

The declaration of its MP Dibyendu Adhikari that he would “go to Delhi” to vote in the July 18 presidential election has again brought to the fore the Trinamool Congress’s dilemma when it comes to Family Adhikari.

Since Suvendu Adhikari left the TMC and once-mentor Mamata Banerjee before the 2021 Assembly elections, and emerged as the BJP’s prime face in West Bengal, his father Sisir (also a TMC MP) and brother Dibyendu are with the TMC barely in name. The Delhi announcement was seen as Dibyendu again cocking a snook at the TMC, and suggesting that he would vote for NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu instead of Yashwant Sinha, the name picked by the Opposition primarily at TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee’s behest.

Sisir, meanwhile, claimed he was unwell and that if he voted, it would be in Delhi. “If the doctor gives me permission, I will go to Delhi to cast my vote,” he said.

Dibyendu pointed out that it was a “secret ballot”, and claimed that no one in the TMC had briefed them regarding its support for Sinha, and they had got to know via television.

Not surprisingly, TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh reacted saying: “Happy to know that Dibyendu will vote for Yashwant Sinha. He should rather participate in party meetings in his hometown Kanthi on July 17, and then come to Kolkata the next day to cast his vote here, or else we would understand it is a lie.”

https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/as-adhikari-family-again-needles-tmc-party-plays-it-cool-8033598/


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