North 24 Parganas, June 14 -- Senior BJP leader and party spokesperson Locket Chatterjee on Sunday characterised the escalating rebellion within the Trinamool Congress (TMC) as an internal crisis that holds no consequence for the Bharatiya Janata Party's agenda in West Bengal.

Addressing the media in North 24 Parganas amid reports that a group of dissident TMC Members of Parliament (MPs) are planning to approach the Lok Sabha Speaker to stake a claim as the "real" TMC, Chatterjee remained unimpressed by the numbers involved.

"Whether it's 22, 29, or 40--that is their internal matter. It is an internal issue of the Trinamool," Chatterjee stated. She further asserted that the TMC, as a cohesive political entity, has effectively collapsed,...