A Trinamool Congress leader today said UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee had all along been a “close friend” of the Marxists from the beginning of his political career to its end.
Subrata Mukherjee, West Bengal panchayet minister and an important TMC leader, said, “When Pranab babu began his political career in Bangla Congress in the 1960s, he was helped by the Marxists and remained a friend of the CPI-M even in the middle of his career.
–PTi