India, July 3 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday issued notices to the two warring camps of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) after a rebel faction delegation led by West Bengal Leader of the Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee met the poll body's full bench, staking claim to the party's name, symbol and bank accounts.

The team, which reached Delhi on Wednesday night, included Banerjee's deputy Sandipan Saha, Javed Ahmed Khan, and Arup Roy - the veteran legislator the rebels named national chairperson after voting Mamata Banerjee out of the post at their June 22 special session. The faction's lawyers had earlier submitted the session's resolutions to the ECI.

Out of the TMC's 80 MLAs in the West Bengal Assembly, the faction clai...