Kolkata, June 4 -- As the Trinamool Congress (TMC) continues to face a deepening internal crisis, West Bengal Minister and senior BJP leader Tapas Roy on Thursday said that the party's collapse was "inevitable".

Speaking to ANI, Roy launched a sharp attack on the TMC leadership, alleging that former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is now facing the consequences of earlier political realignments.

His remarks come amid heightened political turbulence within the TMC following claims by a group of rebel MLAs, including expelled party leaders Ritabrata Banerjee and Sandipan Saha, who have said they have the backing of 58 legislators in the West Bengal Assembly, and rejected the party leadership's choice of Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay ...