Rebel TMC MPs To Support NDA: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has suffered a major setback. 20 MPs of the party have written a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla expressing their desire to join the NDA. According to news agency PTI, Kakoli Dastidar said that 20 MPs including him have decided to support the BJP-led NDA.

Big blow to Mamta

Kakoli Dastidar said that he accepts the election results of West Bengal and believes that his political future is more secure with the NDA. Earlier, amid speculations of a split in the party, 16 TMC MPs led by Sukhendu Roy and Kakoli Dastidar had met Suvendu Adhikari.

If there is a split among the rebel MLAs of Trinamool Congress (TMC), then the anti-defection law will not apply to them. According to the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution, at least 19 TMC MPs in the Lok Sabha will have to leave the party, only then this provision will be considered effective.

Earlier, Sukhendu Roy had resigned from the Rajya Sabha membership from Trinamool Congress, alleging that the Mamata Banerjee-led government was indulging in corruption and atrocities against women.

Rebel MPs wrote a letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker

These MPs have also written a letter to the Speaker for the arrangement of separate sitting in the Lok Sabha. The MPs who met Shubhendu Adhikari include Kakoli Dastidar, Partha Bhowmik, Jagdish Basunia, Dev, Shatabdi Roy, Rachna Banerjee, Kalipada Soren, Arup Chakraborty, Asit Mal, Shatrughan Sinha, Prasun Banerjee, Pratima Mondal and Bapa Halidar.

Rebel TMC MPs met Bhupendra Yadav

Trinamool Congress president Mamata Banerjee, party national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and several senior MPs attended the meeting of leaders of the opposition ‘India’ alliance. The 14 Lok Sabha MPs of TMC who participated in the meeting held with Suvendu Adhikari today at 9, Motilal Nehru Marg, include Kakoli Dastidar, Shatabdi Roy, Bapi Halder, Arup Chakraborty, June Malih, Deepak Adhikari, Kalipada Soren, Jagdeep Basunia, Asit Mal, Abu Taher, Khalilur Rahman, Sharmila Sarkar, Prasun Banerjee and Partho Bhowmik.

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Farooq Abdullah, the Chief of the National Conference and former CM of Jammu and Kashmir, raised the issue of giving full state status to Jammu and Kashmir in the India Block meeting held in Delhi. Farooq Abdullah said that all the leaders of India block said that all parties will support the demand for full state status.

Four seats of Rajya Sabha should be filled- Farooq Abdullah

After this meeting on Thursday (August 7), in a conversation with the media, Farooq Abdullah said that the by -elections that are to be held in two seats should be soon. Rajya Sabha has four seats, they should be filled. These are very important things. For this, we have said in the meeting. We regret for the ban they have imposed on books. This is unconstitutional. This should not be done. It should be withdrawn.

The Prime Minister promised the statehood- Farooq Abdullah

On Friday (August 8), on the hearing in the Supreme Court on the petition demanding full state status to Jammu and Kashmir, he said, “We will wait to give a decision in our favor. The Prime Minister and the Home Minister have promised that we will give the statehood.” The former CM said that all the parties of India alliance will support us. Please tell that the demand for full state status for Jammu and Kashmir has intensified.

Who was involved in the meeting?

Please tell that this meeting of India alliance was held at the residence of Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha. In this meeting, SP President Akhilesh Yadav, NCP-SP President Sharad Pawar, JMM Rajya Sabha MP Mahua Majhi, Male’s Dipankar Bhattacharya, SP MP Ram Gopal Yadav, SP MP Dimple Yadav, Shiv Sena UBT President Uddhav Thackeray, UBT MLA Aditya Thackeray, UBT MP Sanjay Raut, Kamal Haasan of Telangana, CM Revanta Reddy of Telangana, Himachal’s CM Many leaders including Sukhu attended.

On August 7, a big meeting of the opposition coalition India block is going to be held in Delhi. Rajya Sabha MP and senior leader of Shiv Sena (UBT) Sanjay Raut has given information about this meeting.

Sanjay Raut said that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has personally invited all prominent leaders, including Uddhav Thackeray’s name.

Preparations before meeting and meet leaders

Sanjay Raut has given information about this during a press conference in Mumbai. According to ANI, Sanjay Raut told that Uddhav Thackeray will reach Delhi on the evening of August 6. There will be a program to stay in Delhi by 8 August. After this, he will also visit the new party office at Parliament House, as well as meet other senior leaders.

#Watch Shiv Sena (UBT) Leader Sanjay Raut Says, “on 7th august there is a meeting of the India bloc. Rahul Gandhi has extended an invitation for it. Thackeray will come to Delhi on 6th August for that… pic.twitter.com/ilbwsng7mj

– ANI (@ani) August 4, 2025

Sanjay Raut told- these issues will be discussed

Sanjay Raut said that many important issues will be discussed in this meeting. He said, “There are many things… The biggest issue is SIR (Special Intensive Revision), then Operation Sindoor, Trump’s tariff, current status of the country, all of them will be included in the agenda.” They believe that when such big leaders are together in Delhi, these subjects will be widely raised.

Raut also said that there are many such leaders in Delhi, who do not have to come again and again, so when all are one place, it is a great opportunity for serious and strategic dialogue. This meeting of India Block is also considered important in terms of strategy of upcoming Lok Sabha elections.