'Will Work With NDA Under PM Modi's Leadership': Rebel TMC MPs After Meeting Om Birla

Published 14 June 2026 · local

'Will Work With NDA Under PM Modi's Leadership': Rebel TMC MPs After Meeting Om Birla Published By, Last Updated: June 14, 2026, 19:54 IST Dastidar's

'Will Work With NDA Under PM Modi's Leadership': Rebel TMC MPs After Meeting Om Birla Published By, Last Updated: June 14, 2026, 19:54 IST Dastidar's remarks came following a meeting of the rebel TMC camp with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday amid the deepening crisis within the party. Rapid Read Rebel TMC MPs with Lok Sabha Speaker on Sunday. Rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar on Sunday declared that the dissident faction would work with the BJP-led Democratic Alliance (NDA) at the Centre under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Her remarks came following a meeting of the rebel TMC camp with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday amid the deepening crisis within the party. She told reporters that 20 MPs from the dissident camp met the Speaker and submitted a letter requesting seperate seating arrangement in the Lower House. Dissident MPs Seek Separate Seating In Lok Sabha She further said that the rebel faction would merge with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India.

She asserted the faction’s commitment to work for the nation and back the NDA under the leadership of PM Modi. #WATCH | Delhi: After meeting Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Rebel TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar says, “We, the twenty MPs elected from the AITC, met the Speaker and submitted a letter requesting to sit separately; these twenty MPs constitute more than two-thirds of our total… pic.twitter.com/XIOlUMGSsY— ANI (@ANI) June 14, 2026 “We, the twenty MPs elected from the AITC, met the Speaker and submitted a letter requesting to sit separately; these twenty MPs constitute more than two-thirds of our total strength. We are merging with the Nationalist Citizens Party. Moving forward, we will work for the nation and collaborate with the NDA under the leadership of the Prime Minister," she told reporters. Rebel MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay also confirmed the merger. “We will merge with the Nationalist Citizens Party… It is a regional party. This is the system. When you leave with 2/3rd of the party, you cannot demand the name of that party on the first day itself… In July, we will make a demand to give us Trinamool since we have 2/3rd majority from Trinamool.

Then the court will decide…," he told reporters. Rebel TMC MPs Huddle In Delhi The meeting with Birla came after members of the dissident camp gathered at the residence of Union Minister Bhupender Yadav in New Delhi. Among those present were Satabdi Roy, Saayoni Ghosh, Mala Roy, Bapi Halder and Prasun Banerjee. BJP MP Nishikant Dubey was also seen at Yadav’s residence. The latest developments mark a significant escalation in the political turmoil that has engulfed the TMC following its defeat in the West Bengal Assembly elections. Over the past week, several MPs have publicly distanced themselves from the party leadership and indicated support for the NDA government at the Centre. Earlier in the day, Dastidar claimed that the rebel faction had the backing of 22 Lok Sabha MPs and was preparing to seek formal recognition as a separate parliamentary group. The camp had previously submitted a letter to the Speaker seeking recognition under Dastidar’s leadership, while a document bearing the signatures of 19 TMC MPs surfaced on Friday.