India, June 8 -- As many as 13 Trinamool Congress MPs, led by Sukhendu Sekhar Ray and Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, met West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari at a BJP minister's residence on Monday, a move that comes amid growing speculation of a split in the Mamata Banerjee-led party.

These MPs also plan to write a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, requesting that they be allotted seats as a separate faction. Track INDIA bloc meeting LIVE updates

The names likely among the legislators who met Adhikari include:

Notably, except for Sukhendu Sekhar Ray - a Rajya Sabha member - the other likely names are of Lok Sabha MPs.

If there is a rebellion within the Trinamool Congress, then the rebel legislators would require a 2/3rd majority -...