Amid West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s decision that her Trinamool Congress (TMC) party will contest the Lok Sabha polls alone in the state, Congress state president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury faced backlash for saying that TMC MP Derek O’Brien is a "foreigner" while responding to a reporter’s question in Siliguri. Individuals from different sections of society and across political lines slammed the senior Congress leader on social media for his insensitive remark.
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