TMC appoints Amit Mitra spokesperson

Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee has appointed the state finance and industry minister Amit Mitra as the party spokesman.

"Amit Mitra has been appointed as spokesman of the party and will be assisted by Derek O'Brien, the party's Rajya Sabha member," TMC all-India general secretary Mukul Roy told PTI here today. A party source said TMC appointed Mitra and O'Brien as party spokesmen to interact with the media at the national level. Roy will continue to oversee the organisational matters as the party's all-India general secretary, sources said.