New Delhi, July 20 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saugata Roy on Monday described the party's rebel MPs as "traitors" after they formed a separate parliamentary group under the National Citizens Party of India (NCPI), alleging that they had abandoned the party and symbol on which they were elected.

Reacting to Sudip Bandyopadhyay being named the floor leader of the NCPI in the Lok Sabha and Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar as the party's Chief Whip, Roy told ANI, "What can I say about it? They will make their own committee. They are traitors and deserted the party and symbol which made them win. They won against the BJP, and now they are joining the BJP-NDA."

His remarks came amid a major political churn in West Bengal after 20 rebel TMC Lok Sabha...