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Trinamool Congress is headed for a divided West Bengal Minister and elder Bharatiya Janta Party person Tapas Roy said connected Tuesday (June 2, 2026). This comes amidst speculation that respective MLAs are joining 2 expelled MLAs Ritabrata Banerjee and Sandipan Saha successful parting ways with the TMC.
“Trinamool Congress is crumbling into pieces. The concern is like Maharashtra; 50 TMC MLAs person gone to the talker on with Ritabrata Banerjee,” Mr. Roy posted connected his societal media platforms.
After this post successful the morning, Ritabrata Banerjee entered the Assembly and Tapas Roy followed.
Outside the Assembly, Mr. Roy said that the TMC is successful a dire authorities and that the enactment is present divided into 2 and that the leaders are present defying and denying some Ms. Mamata and Abhishek Banerjee. “This was inevitable... I am very happy that this has happened... TMC volition cease to exist,” Mr. Roy added.
On June 1, determination was speculation that Ritabrata Banerjee met with the 50 TMC MLAs. However, Ritabrata Banerjee did not corroborate what they discussed.
“Mamata Banerjee is simply a gangly leader. I whitethorn beryllium expelled from the party, but I person not mislaid respect for her. She is inactive my leader,” Mr. Ritabrata Banerjee said while heading to the Assembly connected Tuesday.
He said that the enactment that was established by Mamata Banerjee has been mislaid to the corporatised version of the TMC that came into being done Abhishek Banerjee’s leadership. He added that helium does not o.k. of what the enactment has go nether the wide secretary.
Forged signatures
This comes aft the 2 expelled MLAs claimed that galore signatures were forged connected a missive that was submitted to the Assembly by the TMC wide caput Abhishek Banerjee, naming their enactment for Leader of Opposition.
The 2 MLAs from Entally and Uluberia Purba had submitted a missive to the Assembly Speaker to kick astir the alleged forged signature issue. The missive submitted by Abhishek Banerjee allegedly had astir 70 MLAs signatures, among them astir 10-12 names were written successful bold, which Ritabrata Banerjee claimed were forged.
Abhishek Banerjee was summoned by the CID for further probe into the substance connected June 1. However, helium has asked for 15 days to look earlier the authorities citing wellness issues.
Meanwhile, elder TMC MLA and spokesperson Kunal Ghosh sought to conscionable the Speaker and submit a caller missive for the LoP selection. However, helium claimed that the Speaker did not conscionable him or person their letter.
“I went to the Speaker’s bureau to submit a caller missive from the party. The Speaker was not there. According to the rule, we gave it to his bureau secretary. Today, the aforesaid idiosyncratic is saying that the Speaker has verbally instructed him that helium cannot person immoderate letter... Is this a joke?” Mr. Ghosh said.
Meanwhile, Mr. Roy questioned the credibility of the caller letter submitted by Mr. Ghosh and said that it does not contain the signatures of immoderate MLAs but lone has the signature of Abhishek Banerjee.
Real TMC
Suspended TMC person Riju Dutta connected the different manus claimed that astir 50 MLAs are defecting from the enactment and since they present person majority, they volition take Ritabrata Banerjee arsenic their Leader of Opposition.
“We are the two-thirds majority. Around 50 MLAs are with us. We are the existent Trinamool Congress... If we person two-third majority, past the TMC awesome should beryllium ours,” Mr. Dutta said. He further claimed that whoever has entered the enactment done Abhishek Banerjee has betrayed the enactment and its leaders and the enactment wide caput indispensable instrumentality work for it. He besides said that each the defecting MLAs are aggravated with some I-PAC and Abhishek Banerjee for the destiny of the party.
