Kolkata, June 11 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) is grappling with its most significant existential crisis in recent history. Following a disappointing performance in the recent West Bengal State Assembly elections, the party is witnessing a rapid internal fragmentation marked by high-profile resignations, a dissident faction in the Parliament and the state assembly, as a widening rift has emerged in public between party veterans and the central leadership.

The epicentre of the current unrest is the vocal rebellion of senior MP Kalyan Banerjee. His grievances escalated sharply on Thursday when he publicly accused National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee of fostering a culture of arrogance and sidelining long-standing party loyalists....