Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Nov 23: Congress leader Kirti Azad joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday in New Delhi. He joined TMC in the presence of party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Azad said that a personality like Mamata Banerjee is needed to show the country the right direction.
“It makes me happy to say that under the leadership of, I will work for the development of the nation. I will work under her leadership till I retire from politics. Will resist all attempts to divide society,” Azad said after joining TMC.
Earlier in the day, former JD(U) Rajya Sabha MP Pavan Varma also joined Trinamool Congress.
Notably, Azad was a part of the world cup winning Indian team in 1983. A cricketer turned Politician; Azad was elected to Lok Sabha thrice from Darbhanga in Bihar. He had fought the 2014 general elections on a BJP ticket. On December 23, 2015, he was also suspended from BJP for openly targeting then Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley after which he joined Congress in 2018.
