Kolkata, June 17 -- Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has lauded senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi for his comment on the National Citizens Party of India (NCPI) amid TMC MPs merger with it.

"The NCPI is not even the last hair on the tail of the dog. The dog is the TMC breakaway group. Now the NCPI is supposed to wag the dog. That's just not possible," Moitra quoted Singhvi on Tuesday on X.

"Thank you @DrAMSinghvi for saying it like it is!" she further said.

A total of 20 rebel TMC lawmakers had on June 14 met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and submitted a letter about the merger of their group with the Tripura-based Nationalist Congress Party of India (NCPI).

Reacting sharply to the development, Trinamool Congress MP Kirti Az...