Kolkata, June 24 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Kunal Ghosh hit out at the rebel faction led by West Bengal Leader of Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee, saying the public was watching leaders who had been elected on the party's mandate now claiming to represent the "real" Trinamool Congress.

Speaking to ANI, Ghosh said on Tuesday that those elected as TMC legislators had contested elections using nomination forms signed by party chief Mamata Banerjee and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee.

"We do not blame everyone; it has been about a month and a half or two months since the election. If they belong to the TMC, then 'Form A' and 'Form B' were submitted along with their nominations, bearing the signatures of Mamata Banerjee an...