Kolkata, June 17 -- In a significant development, former Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA from Dinhata, Udayan Guha, on Wednesday, was arrested by police in Kolkata's Phoolbagan area, officials said.

The arrest marks a high-profile escalation in the ongoing legal and political climate in West Bengal.

Meanwhile, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has called upon the Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee for a discussion on June 19 regarding the 20 rebel MPs and his stance on the matter, sources said on Wednesday.

This comes amid growing dissension within the TMC following the Assembly elections, as a total of 20 rebel lawmakers of the TMC had on June 14 met with Speaker Om Birla and submitted a letter about the merger of t...