Overview
- She formally rejoined at the AICC headquarters in New Delhi on January 3 in the presence of Jairam Ramesh, Ghulam Ahmed Mir, state chief Shubhankar Sarkar, and cousin MP Isha Khan Chowdhury.
- Noor said she has submitted her resignation to Mamata Banerjee and will hand in her Rajya Sabha resignation on Monday, with her current term ending in April 2026.
- Congress leaders are set to deploy her as a lead campaigner for the West Bengal Assembly elections, with party sources indicating she may contest from Malda’s Sujapur seat.
- She framed the move as a return to the Ghani Khan Choudhury family tradition and pledged to work to strengthen the party’s base in Malda.
- TMC functionaries attributed her exit to uncertainty over another Rajya Sabha nomination and local disputes and downplayed its impact, while the BJP claimed the switch signals Muslim voter drift from Mamata Banerjee.