Trinamool factions split on merger with NCPI

Indicating further fragmentation successful the Trinamool Congress, the rebel factions of the enactment — 1 successful the Lok Sabha and the different successful the West Bengal Assembly — person spoken successful antithetic voices. While Leader of the Opposition successful the State Assembly, Ritabrata Banerjee, who claims the enactment of 65 MLAs, said the Legislature Party has “no idea” astir merging with the Nationalist Citizen Party of India (NCPI), their colleagues successful the Lok Sabha had already announced specified a move.

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On Sunday (June 14, 2026) night, 20 MPs elected connected the Trinamool awesome informed the Lok Sabha Speaker that they had merged with the NCPI, a registered determination governmental party. Later, speaking to reporters, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, who is starring the faction, said that this radical “will collaborate” with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

Mr. Banerjee, meanwhile, struck a antithetic note, insisting connected playing the relation of the Opposition. Speaking to The Hindu connected Monday (June 15, 2026), Mr. Banerjee said: “We are the main Opposition enactment successful the West Bengal Assembly.” On whether the rebel MLAs volition merge with the NCPI, helium said nary specified determination has been taken.

Elaborating aboriginal successful the day, Mr. Banerjee told reporters successful Kolkata that helium had learnt astir the 20 MPs’ determination to merge with the NCPI done the media. “It is their decision; their corporate has taken specified a decision. As acold arsenic our corporate is concerned, we person nary specified idea,” helium said. He added that portion not each 65 MLAs were contiguous successful Kolkata, galore met and consulted. “As acold arsenic the Legislative Party is concerned, we bash not cognize immoderate specified thing. So this question does not arise,” helium said.

Mr. Banerjee’s stance puts a spanner successful the 20 MPs’ determination to merge with the NCPI. For a merger, the enactment of two-thirds of its Legislature Party successful Parliament arsenic good arsenic State Assemblies is required. With Mr. Banerjee’s bloc refusing immoderate specified move, it volition beryllium hard for the Kakoli faction to property its assertion connected the enactment and symbol.

Meanwhile, the Trinamool faction aligned with enactment laminitis Mamata Banerjee remained soundless connected immoderate enactment against the 20 MPs. On Sunday (June 14, 2026), Trinamool MPs Sagarika Ghose and Kirti Azad had submitted a missive to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla earlier the 20 rebel leaders met him. The missive urged the Speaker not to recognise oregon assistance abstracted presumption to immoderate rebel Trinamool faction successful the Lok Sabha.

The missive from enactment nationalist wide caput Abhishek Banerjee said the Trinamool is simply a “single, indivisible governmental party”. It said the Legislative Party cannot beryllium separated from the genitor organisation and that nary breakaway radical based connected signatures tin assertion recognition.