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Son of rebel Trinamool Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar connected Sunday (June 14, 2026) said helium would instrumentality gifts presented by erstwhile West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to him and his wife, citing "recent events" and "personal conscience".
The parliamentarian's son, Dr. Baidyanath Ghosh, besides said that a ineligible announcement would beryllium sent to Mamata Banerjee and respective of the TMC MPs, who did not articulation the rebel camp, for making definite "unsavoury comments" allegedly made against him.
His connection came amid an escalating governmental confrontation betwixt the TMC enactment and a dissident radical of enactment MPs led by his mother.
In a station connected X, Mr. Baidyanath said, "I americium returning the golden necklace talented to my woman astatine our wedding and the kurta-pyjama talented to maine during Durga Puja by @MamataOfficial. I stay grateful for the gesture, but successful presumption of caller events and arsenic a substance of idiosyncratic conscience, it is due to instrumentality these gifts."
Sharing her son's station connected societal media, the Barasat MP expressed enactment for his decision.
"Proud of you and your wife," Ms. Ghosh Dastidar said.
Speaking to the media, Mr. Baidyanath said Ms. Banerjee had talented him accepted kurta-pyjama sets each Durga Puja for the past 5 to six years.
"I volition instrumentality each of them to her Kalighat residence. She had besides attended my wedding and talented my woman a golden necklace. That excessively volition beryllium returned. If involvement is payable for the 2 years during which the necklace remained with us, I americium consenting to wage that arsenic well. I bash not privation thing from a idiosyncratic similar her," helium said.
Mr. Baidyanath besides announced that his lawyer would nonstop ineligible notices to Ms. Banerjee and 3 Trinamool MPs implicit remarks allegedly made astir him and his family.
Speaking to PTI videos, helium said, "We volition nonstop a ineligible announcement to Mamata Banerjee and MPs Mahua Moitra and Saugata Roy. We privation the TMC main and others to retreat their remarks."
"We volition nonstop the ineligible announcement connected Monday oregon Tuesday to Mamata Banerjee, Kalyan Banerjee, Mahua Moitra, Sougata Roy and Sonali Guha," Mr. Baidyanath added.
According to him, Ms. Banerjee, during a property league astir a period ago, had referred to a TMC MP who was allegedly attempting to divided the enactment aft failing to unafraid a canvass summons for her son.
"Though she did not sanction my parent oregon me, it was wide who she was referring to. We remained soundless retired of courtesy. Later, Sougata Roy and Mahua Moitra besides made comments connected the issue. They indispensable publically apologise and retreat their statements. Otherwise, we volition determination the precocious court," helium said.
Responding to the development, BJP person Keya Ghosh questioned the timing of Mr. Baidyanath speaking out.
She said the TMC MP's lad could person approached the tribunal overmuch earlier if helium believed helium had been wronged.
The BJP person besides accused the TMC and Mamata Banerjee of being liars.
Ms. Ghosh Dastidar was the archetypal TMC MP to openly situation the enactment leadership, resigning from organisational responsibilities and subsequently spearheading a rebellion wrong the party's parliamentary ranks.
The rebel TMC person is presently successful New Delhi on with astir 20 dissident enactment MPs who person indicated their willingness to enactment the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
