Kalyan Banerjee is a four-time MP from Serampore.
Kolkata:
Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee on Thursday said the election of Donald Trump as US president proves that age is not a factor in the party debate over calls for fixing retirement age for leaders if one Gain public support.
Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls earlier this year, TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee called for a retirement age in politics, citing reduced work efficiency and productivity.
“In politics, age is not a factor. If a person has the ability to work for the people of the country, has the ability to perform all the duties, if he is popular with the people, then he can continue in politics,” said the four-term politician. Member for Rumple.
“Trump won the election at age 78,” the 67-year-old added.
Months ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the controversy within the party over the issue reached such an extent that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had to step in and ask young party members to respect senior leaders, dismissing veteran The idea that he should withdraw from politics.
The MP refused to comment on party leader Kunal Ghosh’s suggestion that Abhishek Banerjee could become the next chief minister of West Bengal after Mamata Banerjee.
But he said, “When the party asks me to go, I will go without causing any controversy.”
