India, Sept. 19 -- Rebel Trinamool Congress MP Saayoni Ghosh on Saturday said the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC allying with the Indian National Congress under leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, would send a "powerful message."

Speaking to ANI news agency, Ghosh said that such a move would prove that the TMC-Congress alliance is "genuine" and not just "in name."

Ghosh was among the 20 rebel TMC parliamentarians who merged with the little-known Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) in June. Ghosh's remarks come even as the Nandigram bypoll, scheduled on October 6, has triggered a political storm in West Bengal, with Congress candidate Milan Pradhan arrested in connection with an old murder case.

This came after the Election...