<p>President Pranab Mukherjee's politician son Abhijit said Wednesday that he would like to step into his father's shoes as Lok Sabha MP from West Bengal's Jangipur constituency.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"I would like to inherit his political legacy, but it is like the 'go-no go' kind of a situation. It is for my party to decide if I should contest from Jangipur constituency that my father vacates on becoming the president," Abhijit, a legislator in the West Bengal assembly, told IANS soon after his father took oath of office.<br /><br />"If my party says go and contest from Jangipur, I will. If it does not, then obviously I will not. I am a member of the West Bengal Assembly now and got elected only about a year ago. I have four more years to go as MLA," Abijit said, when IANS caught up with him outside Parliament House after the oath-taking ceremony.<br /><br />Discussing his father's long innings in politics, he said: "I want everybody to remember him for all the good things he has done in his public life. <br /><br />"Even if I achieve 30 percent of what he achieved in his political career, it will be great," said Abhijit, 52, an engineer by qualification. He was a Steel Authority employee before joining politics.<br /><br />Asked about what he thought of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's flip-flop on supporting Pranab Mukherjee in the presidential polls, Abhijit played safe, noting that even though the support came late, the Trinamool Congress did vote for his father.<br />"Der se diye, magar vote kiye, na," he added.<br /><br />"My parents will move into Rashtrapati Bhavan. But I am not sure if my sister Sharmishta will also join them. That has not yet been decided," he pointed out.<br /><br />Abhijit's aunt and younger sister of Pranab Mukherjee, Krishna Chatterjee told IANS that it was "a very very proud" moment for the entire family over her brother becoming president.<br /><br />She noted that her brother was 14 years older to her and that this was "a glorious" event which she would cherish always.<br /><br />Others from his family present at the swearing-in included his two other sister Saugata Das Mukherjee and Jharna Biswas, apart from his younger son Inderjit, and several others from the extended family, Chatterjee said.<br /></p>
<p>President Pranab Mukherjee's politician son Abhijit said Wednesday that he would like to step into his father's shoes as Lok Sabha MP from West Bengal's Jangipur constituency.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"I would like to inherit his political legacy, but it is like the 'go-no go' kind of a situation. It is for my party to decide if I should contest from Jangipur constituency that my father vacates on becoming the president," Abhijit, a legislator in the West Bengal assembly, told IANS soon after his father took oath of office.<br /><br />"If my party says go and contest from Jangipur, I will. If it does not, then obviously I will not. I am a member of the West Bengal Assembly now and got elected only about a year ago. I have four more years to go as MLA," Abijit said, when IANS caught up with him outside Parliament House after the oath-taking ceremony.<br /><br />Discussing his father's long innings in politics, he said: "I want everybody to remember him for all the good things he has done in his public life. <br /><br />"Even if I achieve 30 percent of what he achieved in his political career, it will be great," said Abhijit, 52, an engineer by qualification. He was a Steel Authority employee before joining politics.<br /><br />Asked about what he thought of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's flip-flop on supporting Pranab Mukherjee in the presidential polls, Abhijit played safe, noting that even though the support came late, the Trinamool Congress did vote for his father.<br />"Der se diye, magar vote kiye, na," he added.<br /><br />"My parents will move into Rashtrapati Bhavan. But I am not sure if my sister Sharmishta will also join them. That has not yet been decided," he pointed out.<br /><br />Abhijit's aunt and younger sister of Pranab Mukherjee, Krishna Chatterjee told IANS that it was "a very very proud" moment for the entire family over her brother becoming president.<br /><br />She noted that her brother was 14 years older to her and that this was "a glorious" event which she would cherish always.<br /><br />Others from his family present at the swearing-in included his two other sister Saugata Das Mukherjee and Jharna Biswas, apart from his younger son Inderjit, and several others from the extended family, Chatterjee said.<br /></p>