Overview
- Former Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee rejoined the Trinamool Congress with Baisakhi Bandopadhyay at the party headquarters, where Subrata Bakshi and Aroop Biswas formally welcomed them.
- An October 17 state notification named Chatterjee chairman of the New Town Kolkata Development Authority, and he took charge before his political re-induction.
- Chatterjee called it a homecoming and pledged to work under Mamata Banerjee’s leadership, then met TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee.
- Analysts link his return to pre-2026 consolidation, with speculation about a possible ticket from his Behala base, though the party has announced no decision.
- Chatterjee quit TMC and his posts in 2018, joined the BJP in 2019, and left it in 2021 after alleging insults and betrayal, remaining largely inactive until now.