Kolkata, June 9 -- Amid the speculation on 20 Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs' reported move to join the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Shankar Sikdar on Tuesday asserted that the Opposition party lacks "ideology" and rebels are trying to save their own skins by distancing themselves from Mamata Banerjee.

The BJP leader added that the Chief Minister had earlier predicted that the TMC would disintegrate within 6 months.

Speaking to ANI on TMC MPs' reported move to join NDA, the BJP MLA said, "Our CM had predicted that it would take 6 months for this party to disintegrate. Yet, we see that after the election, the party's situation collapsed completely in just 1 month. A party gains true standing when it ...