India, June 2 -- Amid politics heating up in West Bengal, a leader recently suspended by the Trinamool Congress has claimed that 50 party MLAs are united and would form two-thirds majority in the Assembly. Remarks made by suspended TMC leader Riju Dutta on Tuesday added fresh suspense to the future of TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee and her party in Bengal, weeks after suffering a big defeat at the hands of the BJP.

Giving details about the ongoing "signature scandal" or "Signgate" that has triggered a CID investigation, Dutta, in an ANI news agency interview, spoke about two expelled Trinamool MLAs, Ritabrata Bandopadhyay and Sandipan Saha, who claimed their signatures were forged in documents submitted to the West Bengal Assembly.

He also...