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Abhishek Banerjee, nationalist wide caput of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), volition conscionable Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla connected Friday (June 19, 2026) regarding the divided successful the party, aft 20 Lok Sabha MPs declared a “merger” with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI).
In a missive dated June 10 addressed to the Speaker, Mr. Banerjee urged him not to recognise oregon assistance abstracted presumption to immoderate rebel TMC faction successful the Lok Sabha. The missive was submitted to the Speaker’s bureau connected June 14, conscionable hours earlier the rebel faction met Mr. Birla.
The missive contended that the TMC is simply a “single, indivisible governmental party” and that its legislative helping cannot beryllium separated from the genitor organisation. It added that nary breakaway radical based solely connected signatures tin assertion recognition.
The Speaker’s bureau had initially invited Mr. Banerjee to conscionable him connected Monday astatine 4 p.m., via an email sent astatine 2 p.m., connected a time erstwhile helium was being questioned by the Enforcement Directorate. Mr. Banerjee sought a caller day and clip to contiguous his case, pursuing which Mr. Birla scheduled the gathering for Friday.
