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MPs Saayoni Ghosh and Mala Roy arrived successful Delhi connected Sunday (June 14, 2026) up of the rebel TMC parliamentarians' gathering with the Lok Sabha talker to involvement assertion for "real Trinamool" adjacent arsenic TMC enactment asserted that there's nary instrumentality allowing a abstracted parliamentary group.
The rebel MPs are besides apt to clasp a gathering with West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari connected Sunday (June 14, 2026), sources said.
At the Delhi airport, some Ms. Roy and Ms. Ghosh refused to speech to the media.
Ms. Ghosh said, "I would reply the radical of my constituency, not to you".
The developments came a time aft elder TMC person and seasoned parliamentarian Sudip Bandyopadhyay, regarded arsenic 1 of Mamata Banerjee's closest aides, joined the rebel campy aft gathering Union Ministers Amit Shah and Bhupender Yadav successful Delhi.
Amid the deepening turmoil, the TMC besides carried retired a caller organisational reshuffle, removing Ghosh, Roy and Bandyopadhyay from cardinal enactment positions.
Arnab Banerjee was appointed president of the Trinamool Youth Congress, replacing Ghosh, portion Kaliganj MLA Alifa Ahmed replaced Roy arsenic the president of the party's women's wing.
In different important change, TMC person Kunal Ghosh was named president of the party's North Kolkata organisational district, replacing Mr. Bandyopadhyay.
The enactment besides named elder MP Saugata Roy arsenic main advisor to its Lok Sabha wing, which present comprises the MPs inactive loyal to Ms. Banerjee.
Saayoni Ghosh and Mala Roy are aligned with the dissident camp, which claims the enactment of 20 of the TMC's 28 Lok Sabha members.
Rebel MP Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia said the radical would conscionable Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla connected Monday (June 15, 2026) and question designation arsenic the "real TMC" parliamentary group.
"We person submitted the letter. On Monday, we volition spell to the talker and involvement our assertion to signifier the existent TMC parliamentary group. We volition inquire the talker to springiness designation to our claim," Mr. Basunia said earlier.
The TMC, however, rejected the rebels' contention and maintained that the anti-defection instrumentality does not licence enactment of a abstracted radical wrong Parliament.
Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose said determination was "no ineligible provision" for a abstracted radical and argued that MPs could look disqualification unless their archetypal governmental enactment merged with different enactment nether provisions of the Tenth Schedule.
"The important information is that the archetypal enactment has to merge with different party. There is nary ineligible proviso for a 'separate group' wrong Parliament oregon an assembly portion sitting connected an MP oregon MLA spot won connected the archetypal party's sanction and symbol," she said successful a station connected X connected Sunday (June 14, 2026).
"The instrumentality is clear. No abstracted radical wrong the House connected the aforesaid awesome is legal. Merge with a caller enactment oregon beryllium disqualified," Ms. Ghose added.
In different post, she said, "Fair-weather 'politicians' who bask the fruits of corporate occurrence but wantonness the corporate the infinitesimal challenges arise, uncover a horrible motivation and ethical deficit." She said the rebel MPs should, "Do the close thing: resign your seat".
TMC MP Mahua Moitra besides took a swipe astatine Mr. Bandyopadhyay implicit his joining the rebel camp, questioning his mentation astir his whereabouts earlier helium was seen astatine Mr. Yadav's residence successful Delhi.
The TMC has been grappling with a large rebellion among its legislators and parliamentarians pursuing its decision successful the West Bengal Assembly elections.
