Kolkata, July 4 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Saturday criticised the Ritabrata Banerjee-led rebel faction following the resignation of Chandrima Bhattacharya, asserting that the rebels "betrayed" the very party that gave them a political identity.

Amid escalating internal feud in the TMC, the party's state unit president and former Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya resigned from all party posts. Following this, Mamata Banerjee assumed the post of the state president of her TMC faction.

In a video message, TMC supremo said, "Those who were associated with the Trinamool Congress and won elections on the party symbol bearing my signature are now claiming that the party has ceased to exist since 2023. You contested the...