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A Bengali daily claimed the TMC used Sourav Ganguly to ask Yusuf Pathan to resign as Baharampur MP for Mamata Banerjee. Ganguly denied the report and said it was published in reckless disregard of the truth.
Mamata Banerjee and Sourav Ganguly
New Delhi,UPDATED: Jun 6, 2026 16:27 IST
After the Bengal poll drubbing, where she lost her own seat to her bete noire Suvendu Adhikari, speculation was rife that Mamata Banerjee could enter the Parliament through a bypoll. A report in a Bengali daily claimed the Trinamool Congress (TMC) sought the help of former Indian cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly to convince ex-cricketer Yusuf Pathan to resign as Baharampur MP so that Mamata could contest the bypoll. However, Ganguly has now denied the sensational claims, calling them in "reckless disregard of the truth".
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Published By:
Abhishek De
Published On:
Jun 6, 2026 16:27 IST
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