Kolkata, June 23 -- The rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislators recognised by the West Bengal assembly speaker as the principal opposition party in the House, formed their new national working committee on Monday and elected Arup Roy as their chairperson, a post held by party founder Mamata Banerjee. Roy was a minister in the TMC government from 2011 to 2026. "The All India Trinamool Congress held a meeting and formed its national working committee today. Arup Roy has been declared the chairperson. Firhad Hakim, Aroop Biswas, Rathin Ghosh and Sabina Yasmin are vice-presidents," Ritabrata Banerjee, who emerged as a leader of the rebels and was recognised by the speaker as leader of the opposition (LoP) in the assembly, said after the meeting was held at a hotel in New Town. Ritabrata was elected general secretary alongside Biplab Mitra and Sandipan Saha. Incidentally, Abhishek Banerjee still holds the post of TMC national general secretary. The rebels did not keep any photo of Mamata or Abhishek Banerjee at the auditorium where the meeting was held. Instead, larger-than-life portraits of Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Dr BR Ambedkar and Kazi Nazrul Islam adorned the wall. "Abhishek Banerjee was not even discussed at the meeting," Ritabrata said. He also gave no direct answer when asked whether the rebels replaced Mamata with Roy as chairperson or if they represent the party Mamata still leads. "We are the TMC. We also stated earlier that we will welcome her if she wants to be our main advisor," said Ritabrata. Roy said, "We have a big struggle ahead of us." When asked about the police complaints some of the rebels lodged earlier this week saying Mamata Banerjee loyalists might misuse the party's funds held in a bank, Ritabrata said, "We will inform the Election Commission about our meeting. It will take decisions on fund defalcation, signature forgery, etc. We have unanimously decided to appoint an auditor to look into financial irregularities. A party cannot run on whims and fancies," "Our district committees will be formed soon and our media panellists and spokespersons will start operating from tomorrow," Ritabrata said....