India, June 28 -- The Ritabrata Banerjee-led breakaway faction of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday held its second meeting with former Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) councillors in a week, signalling a renewed challenge to Mamata Banerjee's leadership ahead of the civic polls, even as party's loyalist camp countered the move by filing police complaints alleging "forgery" and "unauthorised" use of TMC's name and symbol.

People aware of the matter said 47 former TMC councillors attended the meeting at a private banquet hall in Topsia area of East Kolkata. The meeting, the second after a similar gathering in New Town on June 22, was aimed at "strengthening the party's support base in the city after its assembly poll debacle.

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