Ending years of speculation and political estrangement, former Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee and his close associate Baisakhi Banerjee formally returned to the Trinamul Congress (TMC) on Monday afternoon, marking a significant homecoming ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections.

The duo was welcomed back into the party fold at the Trinamul Bhavan by state president Subrata Bakshi and minister Aroop Biswas. “Everyone who believes in Mamata Banerjee’s ideals will eventually return to her,” said Biswas, making it clear that the door of the ruling party remains open to former colleagues willing to reconcile. Expressing his emotions after re-joining the party, Sovan Chatterjee said: “This is a homecoming for me — words cannot describe how it feels to return to one’s own family. Trinamul flows thr

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