India, June 5 -- When the results for West Bengal assembly elections were announced on May 4, it turned out the TMC, which ruled the state for 15 years, was restricted to just 80 seats in the House of 294. But with recent implosion within the party, it seems that the election results were just the beginning of series of troubles for the Mamata Banerjee-led party.

This week, 58 party MLAs rebelled openly, staking claim to become the principal Opposition party in Bengal, vertically splitting the party. And when the leadership of the crisis-hit party called a meeting at chairperson Mamata's residence on Friday, only eight of the non-rebelling MLAs were present. These included Bina Mondal, Ashima Patra, Madan Mitra, Kunal Ghosh, Firhad Hakim...