Great victory for Mamata Banerjee: Pranab Mukherjee
The Union Finance Minister congratulated the Trinamool Congress chief for winning the Bhowanipore Assembly seat.
Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Sunday congratulated Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee for winning the Bhowanipore Assembly seat and described it as a "great victory".Her victory by over 54,000 votes in the by-election vindicates the initiatives she has taken as Chief Minister after assumption of office on May 20 this year, Mukherjee said."I congratulate her. It is a victory of the steps she has taken as Chief Minister," Mukherjee told reporters outside his south Kolkata residence.Mamata Banerjee, a former Union minister, gave up her Kolkata South Lok Sabha seat to be sworn in as Chief Minister, marking a change of guard after 34 years of uninterrupted Left Front rule in the state.