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In a fresh setback for Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, party Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev has resigned from Rajya Sabha. A video has been
In a fresh setback for Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, party Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev has resigned from Rajya Sabha. A video has been ciruclating of Dev meeting Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma amid the ongoing turmoil in the party. The development comes days after Dev met Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, fuelling speculation about a possible move to the BJP.Full list of TMC Rebel/expelled leaders:Sushmita DevSukhendu Sekhar RayRebel TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar had confirmed to ANI that a faction of 20 MPs has formally requested the Lok Sabha Speaker for separate seating arrangementsA rebellion was also led by expelled party MLA Ritabrata Banerjee in the West Bengal assembly. Banerjee, who was expelled due to anti-party activities from the TMC, formed a separate faction in the West Bengal assembly with the support of 58 MLAs, and was later elected as Leader of Opposition, replacing Sobhandev ChattopadhyaySandipan SahaSenior party leader and MLA Firhad Hakim was seen entering the chamber of Leader of Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee after resigning as Kolkata MayorTMC attacks rebel leaders: Trinamool Congress leaders Kalyan Banerjee and Kirti Azad on Tuesday launched a blistering attack on rebel party MPs, accusing them of lacking political morality, maintaining links with the BJP and abandoning party workers at a time when they were allegedly facing harassment and political attacks.Addressing a press conference here, Banerjee said the TMC had called the briefing after dissident MPs claimed support from a majority of the party's Lok Sabha members and announced plans to seek recognition as a separate faction.Lok Sabha MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, who is at the forefront of the rebel faction, said on Monday that they had decided to write to Speaker Om Birla declaring support for the NDA.Dastidar claimed that 20 MPs of the party have decided to write to the speaker.Referring to former TMC Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, who resigned from the Upper House after levelling allegations against the party, Banerjee said rebel MPs should follow the same course if they had grievances against the organisation."Sukhendu Sekhar Roy has resigned from the Rajya Sabha after making allegations against our party.
Those who are making allegations against the party must follow the path of Sukhendu and show political morality by resigning as MPs," he said.Questioning the authenticity of a letter reportedly circulated by the dissident camp, Banerjee said such an important document has not been placed in the public domain."If you are so honest, why don't you make it public? Why don't you have the courage to give the letter to the press?" he asked, alleging that the entire exercise lacked transparency.Banerjee also accused the rebel leaders of effectively aligning themselves with the BJP.The two leaders noted that rebel MPs had met Union minister Bhupender Yadav in the presence of West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, proving they are with the BJP.While TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and several senior MPs attended a meeting of INDIA bloc leaders, some dissident TMC MPs gathering at the Motilal Nehru Marg residence of Union minister and BJP's West Bengal election in-charge Yadav on Monday.Adhikari, who was in the national capital on official work, and former Tripura chief minister Biplab Deb, the BJP's former co-in-charge for the recently concluded West Bengal elections, reportedly also paid a brief visit to Yadav's residence on Monday.Slamming the rebels, Kalyan Banerjee said, "They may make some jugglery of words, but people are not fools.
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