Derek named TMC’s chief national spokesperson

Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien has been appointed as the chief national spokesperson for the party by TMC chief Mamata Banerjee. Senior TMC leader and MP Saugata Roy was made the national spokesperson, party sources said on Thursday. Sources said besides Roy, a former Union minister, party MPs Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and Sukhendu Sekhar Roy have also been appointed as new national spokespersons.