Mausam Benazir Noor’s shift to Trinamool Congress is being viewed as a big blow to Congress’ hopes of reviving its position in West Bengal.
Noor, a two-time Congress MP from Malda(North), met Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at her office on Monday and joined formally.
The parliamentarian was the Congress president of Malda district and is the niece of legendary ABA Ghani Khan Choudhury, who won the Malda Lok Sabha seat eight times at a stretch.
According to political analysts, her move is a breach in the Congress bastion, which the Choudhury family had safeguarded for decades. It is needless to say, Noor holds considerable sway over her constituency by virtue of her family background.