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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