KOLKATA, July 3 -- Rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislators, headed by Ritabrata Banerjee, on Friday occupied the party's multi-storey rented office in Kolkata off the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass, saying they represented the "original TMC."

"This has been our office for years. The property's owner said some TMC leaders did not honour the terms and conditions of the old lease. We have told him that we will use three floors of this building from now on," Md Akhruzzaman, who was recognised by speaker Rathindra Nath Bose as the chief whip of the rebel faction in the legislative assembly, told reporters.

Mantu Saha, the property owner, did not speak with the media.

Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the party office as a temporary party headquar...