New Delhi, June 3 -- The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal is headed for a vertical split, with nearly 60 dissident legislators set to support expelled MLA Ritabrata Banerjee as the Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly - a move that could well establish the splinter group as the official TMC in the state assembly, evoking comparisons with what happened in Maharashtra in 2022. Members of this group have secured signatures from nearly 60 of the TMC's 80 MLAs to support the candidature of Ritabrata. "Our letter seeking recognition as the real TMC is ready. We will hand over the letter to Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose on Wednesday," said a senior leader. Tapas Roy, a minister in Suvendu Adhikari's ca...