Refuting the barbs of being an outsider to West Bengal, former India cricketer and Trinamool Congress candidate from Baharampur Yusuf Pathan on March 21 began his campaign for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
“The biggest example is our Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is from Gujarat and we all know from where he is contesting the Lok Sabha polls,” Mr. Pathan said. The former cricketer has been pitched against five time MP and West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who has defended his fiefdom despite shrinking electoral fortunes of the Congress in the State.
Flanked by senior Trinamool Congress leaders from Murshidabad, Abu Taher and Humayun Kabir, Mr. Pathan said that anyone in the country can contest polls from anywhere. “ This is my home. I am here to stay,” the former cricketer said.
