"Mamata Banerjee or any other party leader has never asked me to resign," said Yusuf Pathan.

After the crushing defeat of the Trinamool Congress and Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal, the debate over the resignation of Berhampur Lok Sabha MP Yusuf Pathan has intensified in the last few days. There is talk that Mamata Banerjee wants to go to the Lok Sabha and contest on the seat of Yusuf Pathan, who is considered safe. At that time, Yusuf Pathan has put an end to such discussions. "Neither Mamata Banerjee nor any party leader has ever asked me to resign. Yusuf Pathan says he was asked to resign "I would like to make it clear to you that for a long time a news has been doing the rounds that Mamata Banerjee has asked me to resign from the Berhampur Lok Sabha seat so that she can contest the Lok Sabha elections from there. "Mamata Banerjee has never said anything like this to me. Even in the last meeting, he did not discuss it and no such message has been sent by any party official. Yusuf Pathan lamented that discussions and debates on this topic are going on on social media and various media houses without any official news, which is regrettable. Yusuf Pathan is an MP from Berhampur Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Yusuf Pathan defeated Congress' Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury by a margin of 85,000 votes. Adhir had been elected from that seat for 5 consecutive terms and was the leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha at that time. Since then, the seat was seen as a safe seat for the TMC as it has 50-52% Muslim votes, which are considered to be the main voters of the TMC in Bengal. Mamata is no longer an MLA Former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had lost her seat in the May 4 Assembly election results. Incumbent Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari defeated Mamata Banerjee by a margin of 15,000 votes. In other words, Mamata Banerjee, who has been a three-time Chief Minister of Bengal and a Union Minister, is no longer an MLA. Suvendu defeated Mamata Banerjee in the assembly elections for the second time in a row. In 2021, he had defeated Mamata Banerjee from the Nandigram assembly seat.