New Delhi, June 8 -- Rebel TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar on Monday said she would not yield to political pressure after announcing that a faction of 20 MPs has formally requested the Lok Sabha Speaker for separate seating arrangements.

Speaking to ANI, she emphasised her decades-long commitment to the state and her resolve to chart an independent path, citing "maladministration, lawlessness and unemployment" in West Bengal as reasons for her exit.

Dismissing charges of opportunism, she said, "Mera sar katega lekin jhukega nahi... Maine bohot seh liya... I did not come here after Mamata Banerjee became Chief Minister in 2011; I have been fighting here for 40 years. And as I said, the words of such people have absolutely no effect on me."...