India, June 9 -- Hit by back-to-back internal jolts, former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is struggling to keep her Trinamool Congress (TMC) intact after the party MPs breaking rank - first with Ritabrata Banerjee staking claim as the Leader of Opposition with the support of 58 lawmakers and now another Member of Parliament, Kakoli Ghosh, showing signs of splitting away with several supporters.

TMC's Lok Sabha unit has come on the brink of a major turning point after at least 14 lawmakers met in Delhi and discussed breaking away in the presence of Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, the latest setback for the regional party after its crushing defeat in the recently concluded assembly elections last month.

Roughly three ...