20 Trinamool Congress MPs Formally Request Alliance with NDA: Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar
The rebel bloc said it wants to align with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, a move that could weaken the Trinamool Congress in Parliament.
- On Monday, 20 Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MPs, led by Chief Whip Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla declaring their support for the BJP-led NDA, effectively splitting the party's parliamentary unit.
- The move follows the TMC's crushing defeat in the West Bengal Assembly election, where party leadership faced earlier internal defiance when 58 of 80 MLAs rejected Mamata Banerjee's choice for Leader of the Opposition.
- Meeting at the residence of Union Minister Bhupender Yadav with West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, the rebels formed a separate bloc to cross the two-thirds threshold required for anti-defection law protection.
- As Mamata Banerjee attended an INDIA bloc conclave in New Delhi, senior party leader and Upper House MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy resigned Monday, intensifying internal party turmoil.
- The dissident group's alignment with the NDA neutralizes challenges from the third-largest opposition party, creating a significant edge for the BJP in Parliament while leaving the TMC's Rajya Sabha contingent's fate unclear.
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TMC crack deepens as 20 rebel MPs write to Speaker backing BJP-NDA
Kolkata: The crisis engulfing the TMC deepened on Monday as 20 Lok Sabha MPs, led by Chief Whip Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, wrote to Speaker Om Birla declaring support for the BJP-led NDA, triggering a split in the party’s parliamentary unit and dealing a severe blow to Mamata Banerjee’s authority after the party’s Assembly poll debacle. The development comes barely days after the TMC leadership suffered a setback in the West Bengal Assembly, where 5…
Mamata Banerjee, who is in Delhi to attend the India Bloc meeting, is facing a major split within her party. A group of TMC Lok Sabha MPs has split from the party and announced their support for the NDA. This group of 20 MPs wants Kakoli Ghosh as their leader in the Lok Sabha instead of Abhishek Banerjee.
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