By Admin 
Before the assembly elections in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) has suffered a major political setback. TMC Rajya Sabha MP Mausam Noor has again joined Congress on Saturday (January 3, 2026). This development has come to light at a time when election activities are intensifying in the state.
Mausam Noor’s return to Congress is being seen as a homecoming. It is noteworthy that TMC MP Mausam Noor was earlier a member of the Congress party and later she joined Trinamool Congress (TMC). She belongs to the influential Khan Chaudhary family of Malda. The answer to which is considered to have a significant impact on the politics of Bengal.
Mausam Noor will resign from Rajya Sabha
TMC MP Mausam Noor will also resign from the membership of Rajya Sabha next Monday (January 5, 2026). Anyway, his Rajya Sabha tenure is ending in April. Along with this, he is likely to contest from Malda in the upcoming assembly elections. 46-year-old Mausam Noor has previously been a Lok Sabha MP from Malda twice on Congress ticket from 2009 to 2019.
Mausam Noor assumes membership at Congress headquarters
Mausam formally joined the party at the Congress headquarters in Delhi. On this occasion, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, AICC General Secretary Ghulam Ahmed Mir and State Congress President Subhankar Sarkar were present. Congress leaders called it an important step towards strengthening the party’s organization in West Bengal.
With the return of Mausam Noor, Congress may get new strength in Muslim dominated areas of Malda and North Bengal. At the same time, this is being considered a big loss for Trinamool Congress just before the elections.
How has been Mausam Noor’s political journey?
- Mausam Noor was the Congress Lok Sabha MP from Malda North in 2009 and 2014.
- In 2011, she became the President of West Bengal Youth Congress.
- On January 28, 2019, Mamata joined TMC in the presence of Banerjee and Suvendu Adhikari.
- In 2019, he contested the Lok Sabha elections on TMC ticket, but had to face defeat.
- In 2020, Trinamool Congress (TMC) sent Mausam Noor to Rajya Sabha.
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