New Delhi, Feb. 12 -- Abhijit Mukherjee, the son of former President late Pranab Mukherjee, returned to the Congress on Wednesday, after a brief stint with Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC). Mukherjee formally joined the party in Kolkata in the presence of AICC in-charge Ghulam Ahmad Mir and other state leaders.

"...He (Abhijit Mukherjee) was in touch with the leadership and state PCC for the last year...Today, it has been decided that Abhijit Mukherjee (Pranab Mukherjee's son) will join Congress again. " Mir said earlier in the day.

In 2020, after Pranab Mukherjee's death,both his son Abhijit and daughter Sharmistha Mukherjee quit the Congress party. Abhijit left the party in July 2021 to join the TMC. Sharmistha, however,quit...