New Delhi, June 8 -- The Trimanool Congress is headed for a split in the Lok Sabha after rebels caused chaos in its ranks in the Bengal Assembly.

Rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar on Monday escalated the internal crisis within her party by announcing that a faction of 20 MPs has formally requested the Lok Sabha Speaker for separate seating arrangements.

Speaking to ANI on the development, Ghosh Dastidar said, "We are 20 MPs who have requested the Speaker for separate seating, and we will be working in conjunction of the Central and State Government for the development of West Bengal".

Highlighting the faction's motivations, she added, "We are against the lawlessness, misgovernance and unemployment in the state of ...