New Delhi, June 3 -- The rebellion within the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress took a decisive turn on 3 June, as 59 rebel MLAs backed legislator Ritabrata Banerjee, who has been expelled from the party, as the leader of the legislature party and conveyed their decision to West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose.

Mamata Banerjee, along with fellow rebel MLA Sandipan Saha and several dissident legislators, met the Speaker and submitted letters of support signed by 59 MLAs, news agency PTI reported quoting sources.

They also proposed a new leadership team, naming Banerjee as the legislature party leader, Javed Khan, Sandipan Saha and Shiuli Saha as deputy leaders, and Raghunathganj MLA Akhruzzaman as the chief whip.

The develop...