Kolkata, June 14 -- As the internal crisis within the Trinamool Congress (TMC) reaches a boiling point, senior party leader and MP Saugata Roy on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the dissident faction planning to approach the Lok Sabha Speaker to stake a claim as the "real TMC."

"We fought against the BJP and the NDA. Joining the NDA is immoral," Saugata Roy declared.

Speaking to ANI in Kolkata, Roy dismissed the significance of the rebels' move, asserting that their departure from the party was both expected and ideologically bankrupt.

"What can I say? These people have left our party. If they meet the BJP in charge of Operation Lotus in West Bengal, it is not surprising," Roy said, referring to the alleged orchestration by the BJ...