NCPI MPs meet PM in Delhi, rebel Trinamool MLAs meet CM in Kolkata
MPs of the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) on Friday (August 7, 2026) met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a breakfast event at his
MPs of the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) on Friday (August 7, 2026) met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a breakfast event at his residence in Delhi, while in Kolkata, MLAs of the rebel Trinamool Congress group met Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari. In June, 20 rebel Trinamool Lok Sabha members merged with the NCP. The meeting with the Prime Minister was one of a series of meetings that the MPs had had with senior BJP leaders over the past few days. The MPs had earlier announced their support for the Democratic Alliance government. Most of the MPs who participated in Friday’s (August 7, 2026) meeting with the Prime Minister said that they were happy with the meeting.
Kakoli Ghosh, who was part of the delegation, said she was “overwhelmed” by the Prime Minister’s “knowledge and wisdom” and the warmth with which he received them. “The Prime Minister said those who have been in the NDA for 20 years and those who have been there for one year are all part of one big family. He gave a wonderful message that we would all work collectively for the development of West Bengal,” she said. Three MPs from Murshidabad, Khalilur Rahman, Yusuf Pathan and Abu Taher Khan, who were absent in the previous meeting of NDA leaders, too were part of the breakfast discussion. Sudip Bandyopadhyay, the senior-most NCPI MP, said that discussions with the Prime Minister focused on development.
“We had a conversation regarding the development of the northeast region of the nation. We will work to fulfil PM Modi’s vision,” he said after the meeting. In Kolkata, the MLAs who met the Chief Minister said that they raised the issue of deletion of names during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Thirteen MLAs of the Ritabrata camp, including 11 MLAs of the minority community, met the Chief Minister. Opposition chief whip in the West Bengal Assembly Akhruzzaman, who was present in the meeting, said that 27 lakh names were deleted during the SIR exercise and the only tribunal functioning in the State is located at Joka in south Kolkata. The MLA said that the Trinamool's legislature party will take steps to ensure that people who had not appealed before the tribunal are allowed to make their appeals in the next six months.
Ritabrata, the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, raised the issue of removal of microphones from mosques in the State. Loyalists of former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, however, said that the meeting was of no significance. “They are neither in the sky nor on land. They are hanging mid-air. They claim to be the Trinamool... what kind of Trinamool are they?” asked senior MLA Sovandeb Chattopadhay.
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