Lucknow, June 17 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi on Wednesday criticised the 20 rebel Trinamool Congress MPs who resigned from the party and joined the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI), alleging that their decision reflected a hunger for power and posed a threat to democratic values.

Reacting to the political crisis in the Trinamool Congress, Chaturvedi questioned the conduct of the rebel MPs and said, "You became a candidate in the party under whose leadership you won. You have worked against them... What does that say about your character?"

She further questioned the reasons behind their decision to leave the party, saying, "Were you pressured? Is this such a hunger for power that you are leaving the party that...