New Delhi, Aug 1: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee, who is nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, made a laughing stock of himself when he stood in Lok Sabha to ask a question on Tuesday. Visibly clueless, Abhishek Banerjee fumbled and somehow managed to read out the written question during the Question Hour.

A question was listed as a ‘starred’ question jointly in Abhishek's name along with TRS parlimentarian K Kavitha. Since Kavitha was not present, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan called out Abhishek’s name. He, however, seemed puzzled, prompting Mahajan to tell him: “Your question has come. Leave it if you forgot". This made other parliamentarian laugh.

Even when Abhishek stood up for asking the question, he fumbled. Senior TMC members - Sugata Bose and Saugata Roy - came to his rescue and guided him. He then asked setting up centres of excellence (CoE) for technological development, its state-wise location in the country and how CoE contibuted to the manufacturing sector.

Responding to Abhishek, Union Minister of State for heavy industries Babul Supriyo said, “First of all, I would really want to thank our learned senior member, Saugata Roy, for doing the necessary thing to remind him about the question that has been asked."

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