TMC pulls out of all-party global outreach, says BJP can't pick names

The Trinamool Congress has decided not to be a part of the multi-party delegations which are to be sent to different countries to put across the Indian standpoint and rally global support for India's war against terror originating from Pakistan.

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The party has conveyed to the Centre that it will not send Yusuf Pathan or any other party MP as a part of multi-party delegations.

Sources said the Trinamool Congress is also of the view that the Modi Government has embarked on this exercise as a diversionary tactic.

Mamata Banerjee said the Centre did not consult the Trinamool Congress "mother party" to seek the name of its representative in the multi-party delegations, adding: "If they request me to send someone's name, we will decide it and tell them."