India, June 23 -- The control of Trinamool Congress (TMC) seems to be slipping away from its founder Mamata Banerjee with a rebel faction in the party on Monday "replacing" her as the chairperson and electing senior MLA Arup Roy to the post - the latest big blow in the ongoing internal turmoil that has been rocking the outfit since losing the recently concluded West Bengal assembly elections to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Team Mamata Banerjee has reportedly countered the emergence of a parallel leadership structure by sending a fresh list of its office bearers and national working committee members to the Election Commission (EC), asserting that Mamata Banerjee continues to head the party.

Sources in the rebel camp claimed around ...