Kakoli Claims 22 Lok Sabha MPs Now in Dissident TMC Camp, Meeting Scheduled with Speaker
Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar said two more MPs will join the rebel camp, bringing its strength to 22 as it seeks separate bloc status.
- On Sunday, June 14, 2026, rebel Trinamool Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar announced the dissident group now includes 22 parliamentarians, with plans to meet Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday, June 15, to seek recognition as a separate bloc.
- This move follows a document surfacing on Friday, June 12, 2026, bearing signatures of 19 TMC MPs; the split reflects deepening internal turmoil following recent Assembly election losses for party chief Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal.
- Political activity intensified in New Delhi as dissidents, including Sayani Ghosh, gathered at Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav's residence on Saturday, June 13, 2026, aiming to align with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance.
- The rebel camp requires 28 members in the Lok Sabha to bypass anti-defection laws; there is currently no official confirmation from the Speaker's Secretariat regarding the recognition request despite the group's 22-member claim.
- Mirroring the parliamentary split, roughly 60 of the party's 80 state MLAs previously formed a separate bloc under Ritabrata Banerjee, a persistent fragmentation that further weakens party chief Mamata Banerjee's control over the organisation.
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The resentment brewing within the TMC is now spilling out into the open. Several rebel MPs visited Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav's residence in Delhi. This meeting is being seen as a sign of growing dissent within the TMC and a possible political strategy. There has been no official response from the party at this time.
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