Several MPs head for Delhi, TMC’s Lok Sabha unit stares at split

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• After a split in its state legislative wing, Trinamool’s parliamentary party is also headed for a split, with several MPs already in New Delhi or expected to reach there by next week.
• KOLKATA: After a split in its state legislative wing, Trinamool’s parliamentary party is also headed for a split, with several MPs already in New Delhi or expected to reach there by next week.Anticipating the development during a party Working Committee meeting at her residence on Friday,Mamata Banerjee clipped national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s wings by appointing senior MPs Derek O’Brien and Dola Sen as joint national secretaries.Abhishek’s growing clout and style of functioning are the primary reasons for the mutiny within the party.Mamata herself will be reaching Delhi on June 8 along with Abhishek and Derek to attend the INDIA bloc meeting.Trinamool has 28 MPs in Lok Sabha and a two-thirds split (to beat anti-defection law) would require...