Ghatsila (Jharkhand), December 09: Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today “bunked” Parliament proceedings to take part in electioneering in the ensuing Assembly election in Jharkhand.
Addressing an election meeting at Kasida football ground under Ghatsila assembly segment, Mukherjee said in lighter vein “as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who returned from Russia, was in Parliament, I bunked the session today to take part in electioneering.
However, “I will have to return to Delhi today itself to attend the session tomorrow,” he said.
–Agencies