As TMC Faces Headwinds, The Question Grows: Who Still Stands With Mamata?

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• As TMC Faces Headwinds, The Question Grows: Who Still Stands With Mamata?
• Published By, Last Updated: June 04, 2026, 08:23 IST TMC's first-ever split has exposed a battle over succession, loyalty and control, leaving Mamata Banerjee reliant on a shrinking circle of trusted aides.
• TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee holds a sit-in protest in Kolkata (PTI) The Trinamool Congress (TMC), a party that for nearly three decades revolved around the political authority and mass appeal of Mamata Banerjee, is today finding itself confronting perhaps the deepest crisis in its history.
• Just weeks after losing power in West Bengal to the BJP, the party has been rocked by an unprecedented rebellion from within, leaving observers asking a question that would have seemed unthinkable until recently – who still stands firmly with Mamata Banerjee?
• The crisis exploded this week when 58 of the TMC’s 80 MLAs broke ranks and successfully staked claim to...