New Delhi, June 6 -- TMC MP Yusuf Pathan on Saturday issued a clarification over the allegations of TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee asking him to resign as MP from his Baharampur Lok Sabha seat to contest the by-election from there herself, calling the claim "completely false".

In a self-made video on social media, Pathan said that former CM Mamata Banerjee never discussed it with him, adding that he has also never been reached out to by any party official regarding the news.

Expressing disappointment over the "unofficial news" and the ongoing deliberation around it, he affirmed that no party leader has asked him to tender his resignation.

"For some time now, news has been going viral that Mamata Banerjee asked me to resign from my MP post...