Former Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee has made a political comeback, rejoining the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and being appointed chairperson of the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) on Friday, replacing former chief secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay.

A close aide of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during the formative years of the TMC, Chatterjee quit the party in November 2018, stepping down from his roles as minister, mayor, and party office-bearer amid differences with the leadership.

Chatterjee later joined the BJP with his partner Baisakhi Bandopadhyay and contested the 2021 Assembly elections on a BJP ticket. However, his stint with the saffron party was brief, and he publicly admitted that joining the BJP had been a mistake. Speculation about his possible return to the TMC h

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