Congress's Adhir Chowdhury takes u-turn; ‘conveys regrets to Derek O’Brien’ amid reports of INDIA, TMC split

Taking a U-turn from his earlier stance, Congress's on Friday apologised to TMC leader Derek O’Brien for calling him a ‘foreigner’.

Taking to X, the senior Congress leader said, “I conveyed my regrets to Mr " for a word inadvertently uttered by me on him as foreigner."

Sources said the TMC leader accepted the apology.

The tension between the two leaders started when CM 's TMC announced that it would contest the election in West Bengal alone, hinting at a split from the opposition bloc - INDIA.

ON Thursday, Derek O'Brien directly blamed Adhir Ranjan for creating hurdles for seat-sharing talks between the two parties.

O'Brien said the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) had many detractors but only two -- the BJP and Chowdhury -- have repeatedly spoken out against the bloc.

O'Brien had on Thursday alleged that Chowdhury was working at the behest of the BJP.

"Three reasons for the alliance not working in Bengal – Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury," O'Brien told reporters in Delhi on Thursday.

Responding to it, Chowdhury hit back saying, “Derek O’Brien is a foreigner, he knows a lot of things. Ask him."