India, July 16 -- Kamarhati legislator Madan Mitra, a close aide of former chief minister Mamata Banerjee and someone who was part of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) since its birth in 1998, joined the rebel camp led by Ritabrata Banerjee on Wednesday, a day after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) sent summons to his wife and two sons.

With this, the rebel faction has 60 of the TMC's original 80 lawmakers and the Mamata faction has 20. The rebel camp, which was formed with 58 MLAs signing a letter to the speaker, however claims to have at least 65 members but has not published their names so far.

"From this moment I resign from the national working committee, the post of chief whip in the assembly and the post of general secretary of Mamata...