Trinamool Congress chief whip in the Lok Sabha Sudip Bandopadhyay is popular among many other parties not just for his amiable nature but also because of his white fountain pen. As he sits among MPs with a high fashion quotient, Bandopadhyay decided to add some glamour in his profile. So he bought a Swarovski pen that has a glazed cap. Whenever Bandopadhyay takes out the pen from his pocket (and he does so quite often), some fellow MP invariably asks him about the pen. He has even received compliments from the likes of NCP member Supriya Sule who told him the pen goes well with his personality.
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