Who's Ritabrata Banerjee, once Left's blue-eyed boy, now TMC's Eknath Shinde?

Key points

• "There is growing dissatisfaction among many TMC leaders and legislators.
• The developments indicate that the party is heading towards a split, similar to what happened in Maharashtra," BJP MLA Tapas Roy said while commenting on what is being described as the biggest crisis to hit the Trinamool Congress since it was founded by Mamata Banerjee in 1998. At the centre of the crisis is Ritabrata Banerjee, a former blue-eyed boy of the Left Front.
• Ritabrata was expelled from CPI(M) in 2017 for anti-party activities and joined the TMC.
• Now, he has been expelled from the party by the TMC brass for alleged anti-party activities.
• On Wednesday, Ritabrata reached the West Bengal Assembly claiming support from at least 60 of the TMC's 80 MLAs.