New Delhi, June 12 -- Amid the ongoing turmoil within All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), rebel party MP Arup Chakraborty on Friday claimed that around 20 MPs are supporting the dissident faction, asserting the group wants to "rebuild TMC in a new form" while working with a "joint engine government" between the state and the Centre.

Chakraborty said that the Bharatiya Janata Party's support is with the party and the rebel MPs' support would be with the ruling party. He added that the "state and the Centre" will work through a "joint-engine government.

Speaking to ANI, Chakraborty, who is among the MPs demanding separate seating arrangements in Parliament, said, "We have the support of 20 MPs."

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