New Delhi, June 16 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kirti Azad on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the 20 rebel TMC MPs who merged with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India, calling them "traitors" and questioning the legal standing of the political entity they have joined.

Speaking to ANI, Azad dismissed the move by the breakaway faction and confirmed that the TMC has officially communicated its stand to the Lok Sabha Speaker.

"Our letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker clearly states that the real TMC is that of Mamata Banerjee, because the political party is hers. The letter given (by 20 rebel TMC MPs) to the Speaker is misleading," Azad said.

Azad further claimed that the move was driven by personal ambition rather than ideology, al...