Trinamool forgot me for 8 years: Krishna Bose

July 17, 2012 14:24

Update on the prez/vice-prez elections...

Krishna Bose, the former Trinamool MP whose name Mamata Banerjee had proposed for Vice-President, today said her party had forgotten her for eight years, echoing a charge the state Congress had posted on Facebook earlier in the day.

"There is no denying that Trinamool had forgotten me for all these eight years, because Trinamool did not think about me as the party's nominee for the Rajya Sabha polls in 2005, 2006, 2011 and even in 2012. They chose others instead of me," Bose said over the phone.

"But I must thank Mamata for remembering me this time by proposing my candidature for one of the top posts in the country,' she added.

Read more on the Telegraph.

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