India, June 10 -- The political crisis within the All India Trinamool Congress deepened as 19 Members of Parliament reportedly joined the rebel camp, raising the possibility of a major split within the party.

According to sources, the dissident group includes several prominent TMC leaders and MPs such as Yusuf Pathan, Saayoni Ghosh and Shatrughan Sinha.

The other MPs reportedly backing the rebel faction include Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Jagadish Chandra Basunia, Khalilur Rahaman, Abu Taher Khan, Partha Bhowmick, Bapi Haldar, Mala Roy, Mitali Bag, Deepak Adhikari, Kalipada Soren, June Maliah, Arup Chakraborty, Sharmila Sarkar, Asit Kumar Mal, Satabdi Roy and Rachana Banerjee.

Sources said the rebel MPs are unlikely to resign from the TMC i...