Kolkata, June 5 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson Mamata Banerjee had anticipated the possibility of a rebellion within her party soon after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s landslide victory in the Assembly polls on May 4, but had no solution to avert it, several TMC leaders said, a day after West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Nath Bose recognised 58 rebel TMC legislators as the principal opposition party in the 294-member House on Wednesday.

"On May 5, a day after counting of votes, she refused to resign as chief minister saying TMC won the polls but the counting process was rigged. Although the BJP dubbed this as her arrogance, we interpreted it as a desperate message to dedicated TMC workers and leaders. She clearly antic...