New Delhi, July 19 -- National Citizens' Party of India (NCPI) held its Parliamentary Party meeting on Sunday in Samvidhan Sadan at the Parliament premises.

The meeting is expected to discuss the party's strategy ahead of the Monsoon Session.

Twenty rebel MPs of the Trinamool Congress in the Lok Sabha had earlier announced that they were merging with NCPI.

A day earlier, the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla approved separate seating in the Lok Sabha for 20 MPs of the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI).

However, the merger of rebel TMC MPs has not yet been approved by the Speaker.

Earlier, Rebel Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay attended the all-party meeting, convened the day before the Monsoon Session of Parliament, as the...