Abhishek Banerjee not to attend MEA meet on Op Sindoor due to Kaliganj bypoll
Kolkata: Trinamool National Secretary and MP
Abhishek Banerjee
on Wednesday said that he will not be able to attend the meeting called by the
Union Ministry of External Affairs
on
Operation Sindoor
, citing his
Kaliganj by-poll
and other preoccupations in his Constituency.
The Trinamool General Secretary reached Kolkata at midnight on Tuesday after completing his five country tour as part of a multi-party delegation, tasked with raising the issues of terrorism and 'Operation Sindoor,' following the Pahalgam massacre.
'We have travelled to 5 countries in the last 15 days. We have held discussions at various levels. Tomorrow, the Union Minister of External Affairs has called for a meeting as he wanted to discuss with the multiple delegations that visited abroad. I will not be able to attend this meeting as I have a few programmes lined up,' Abhishek said, adding, 'Bye-elections have been announced in Kaliganj. I have some work related to my constituency as well. These things will keep me busy for the next few days.'
'I have informed the Foreign Minister's department that I will submit my opinion to them in writing. After I share the information with the Centre,' Abhishek Banerjee said.
Multi-party delegation travelled to various countries to convey India's stand against terrorism to the international community.
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Trinamool general Secretary Abhishek Banerjee visited Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
The Centre initially announced the name of Baharampur MP Yusuf Pathan but later Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stated that the Centre could not decide the representative of a political party. Subsequently, the
Trinamool Congress
supremo nominated the name of Abhishek Banerjee in place of Yusuf Pathan.
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