Farhan on Trinamool’s Advisory Board for cultural activities

Actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar has clarified that he has joined the Trinamool Congress Youth wing as a member of their Advisory Board for cultural activities.

“The media had reported that I have joined the Trinamool Congress Youth Wing. The truth is that I have been asked to be a member on an Advisory Board for cultural activities,in my capacity as an actor/filmmaker,” Farhan said on micro-blogging site Twitter.

“This is in my understanding,to be an apolitical Board. I hope this will clear my stand on this decision once and for all,” he said.

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The All India Trinamool Yuva Committee is headed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s 24-year-old nephew Abhishek Banerjee.

Farhan along with tennis star Leander Paes and Sam Pitroda,who are also members,would guide the youth wing of Trinamool Congress.