Former cricketer Yusuf Pathan expressed gratitude to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for “trusting” him to become “people’s voice in the Parliament”.
The Trinamool Congress on Sunday named Yusuf Pathan as the Lok Sabha candidate from Baharampur.
“I’m eternally grateful to Smt. @MamataOfficial for welcoming me into the TMC family and trusting me with the responsibility to become people’s voice in the Parliament. As representatives of the people, it is our duty to uplift the poor and deprived, and that is what I hope to achieve,” the former all-rounder said in a post on X.
Former cricketer and Yusuf Pathan’s younger brother Irfan Pathan congratulated him and said in a post on X, “Your patience, kindness, help to the needy and service to people even without an official position can be easily noticed. I am confident that once you step into a political role, you will truly make a difference in the daily lives of people…”
The TMC released the list of 42 candidates for Lok Sabha polls at a mega rally at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata. The names were announced by Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee as party supremo Mamata Banerjee paraded with the candidates at the ground.
Besides Yusuf Pathan, other big names in the TMC’s list include veteran Bollywood actor Shatrugan Sinha, who has been fielded from Asansol, Tollywood actors Rachana Banerjee from Hooghly, June Malia from Medinipur, Deepak Adhikari (known as ‘Dev’) from Ghatal, and Satabdi Roy from Birbhum.