India, June 3 -- Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday appeared to face multiple setbacks, which have left many questioning the standing of the party that once ruled West Bengal.

In just one day, rebel leader Ritabrata Banerjee was elected the leader of the opposition, reports surfaced of Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim 'resigning', and the Enforcement Directorate's summons to Abhishek Banerjee in the primary teachers' recruitment scam.

This blow for TMC also comes a month after it suffered a major loss against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the West Bengal Assembly elections.

In a massive setback for the TMC, West Bengal Assembly speaker Rathindra Nath Bose recognised the 58 rebel legislators as the principal oppositio...