New Delhi, June 9 -- As Mamata Banerjee attended INDIA Bloc's meeting in New Delhi, a new problem coming shortly after her Assembly defeat was brewing back in Kolkata. A group of rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) Parliamentarians, led by Lok Sabha MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, claimed to have the support of 20 MPs to break sway from the TMC and support the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar also said that they have decided to write to Speaker Om Birla declaring support for the NDA.

Asserting "people's verdict" that gave 207 seats to BJP in the West Bengal Assembly Election 2026, Dastidar said, "Nearly twenty TMC MPs, including me, have decided to write to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and fo...