New Delhi, June 11 -- Communist Party of India (CPI) General Secretary D Raja, noting the internal rift within the Trinamool Congress (TMC), on Thursday stated that the party is facing a serious organisational and ideological crisis.

Reacting to the issue, Raja said, " It is now very clear that the TMC is in deep crisis. How long it can survive as an independent political organisation must be explained by Mamata Banerjee."

He further questioned the party's ideological clarity, adding, "What are the ideological foundations of her (Mamata Banerjee) party? What are its political positions? Only the TMC can explain this. How come the MPs just like that, they migrate from TMC to other parties or resign from TMC?"

A series of resignations an...