Kolkata, June 3 -- The Rebellion appears to be widening within the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal, with reports suggesting that the ranks of the rebels is growing. Several MLAs have reportedly skipping key organisational meetings, even as the party expelled two of its legislators amid rising internal tensions.

On Wednesday several of the alleged rebel faction claimed the support of a majority of the 80 MLAs of the TMC. They have raised an objection to Mamata Banerjee naming Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay as the Leader of Opposition.

Speaking to reporters on the nomination of West Bengal Assembly LoP, TMC MLA Mustafizur Rahman said, "We don't know the exact figure... I am hearing from outside that 59 signatures have been recieved. I am...