New Delhi, June 3 -- Expelled Trinamool Congress leader Ritabrata Banerjee said on Wednesday that West Bengal Speaker Rathindra Bose accepted rebel TMC group's claim for legislature party status. The development came in the backdrop of intense defiance within Mamata Banerjee's party following controverys over "forged signature."

In a latest show of rebellion within the Trinamool Congress, several party leaders considered close to chief Mamata Banerjee joined Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari's administrative review meeting on Wednesday.

Ritabrata Banerjee and Sandipan Saha, who were expelled from the TMC for "anti-party" activities on June 1, were also seen attending the CM's administrative meeting. Ritabrata Banerjee has emerged as the k...