Kolkata/IBNS, May 20 -- The Trinamool Congress has nominated its national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee to represent the party inthe delegation formed for Operation Sindoor's global outreach after Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju called up miffed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the previous "unilateral" nomination.

Mamata Banerjee, who heads the TMC, on Monday said her party backs the Centre's policy on Foreign Affairs but the union government is not entitled to decide on which MP from her party will join the global outreach delegation to brief the world on India's stand against terrorism.

Mamata made the clarification after reportedly her MP from Baharampur, former cricketer Yusuf Pathan, snubbed ...