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).

Sources in the rebel camp claimed around 60 of the TMC's 80 MLAs attended or endorsed the session, according to a PTI news agency report. They also said nearly 70 former councillors of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation and representatives from several districts participated.

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