Kolkata, June 3 -- West Bengal Cabinet Minister Dilip Ghosh on Wednesday reacted to reports of TMC MLAs backing Ritabrata Banerjee as Legislature Party Leader, saying the development signals a collapse of the party's "family rule".

Speaking to reporters, Ghosh said, "I said earlier also that if the party loses the election, it will break apart. The main issue is that it was a family party, and people wanted to leave but were afraid."

He linked the churn within Trinamool Congress to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pitch against dynastic politics.

"As the Prime Minister said, dynastic politics must end; this step is in that direction. People are moving away from family rule," the minister added.

Ghosh further claimed that the TMC would b...