The rebellion in Trinamool Congress reached the national capital on Monday (June 8, 2026) with several of its MPs holding a meeting at Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party West Bengal observer Bhupendra Yadav’s residence.
There are 29 MPs of the Trinamool Congress in the Lok Sabha, and according to those present at the meeting 20 of them have come out in rebellion against party chairperson Mamata Banerjee and general secretary Abhishek Banerjee. The 20 rebel MPs plan to form a separate bloc and support the BJP led National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre.
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Barasat Lok Sabha MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar is emerging as the leader of the bloc. Dr. Dastidar, who was recently removed as Trinamool chief whip in the Lok Sabha, has started warming up to the BJP. The MP told sources close to her that she remains the Trinamool Congress chief whip on paper and will submit a letter with signature of 20 MPs to the Lok Sabha Speaker, seeking recognition of the MPs as a separate bloc.
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Photographs emerging from the meeting showed several Trinamool parliamentarians — Howrah MP Prasun Banerjee, Bankura MP Anup Chakraborty, Cooch Behar MP Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia, Bolpur Lok Sabha MP Asit Kumar Mal, Birbhum MP Satabdi Roy, Jhargram MP Kalipada Soren and Bardhaman Purba MP Sharmila Sarkar — holding a meeting at the Union Minister’s residence.
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari was present at the meeting of rebel Trinamool Congress MPs along with Mr. Yadav. Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, who resigned from the party and the Upper House of Parliament, was also present at the meeting.
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The meeting of rebel Lok Sabha MPs was held not far from the gathering at Constitution Club of India where Trinamool chairperson Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee took part in the INDIA bloc meeting.
Later in the day, Mr. Adhikari reached the residence of Trinamool MP Satabdi Roy in the national capital and held a meeting with about 10 MPs of the rebel camp.
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The development comes almost a week after nearly 60 of the 80 MLAs of the Trinamool Congress, came out in rebellion and elected a new Leader of Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee. He welcomed the fast-changing developments in Delhi and said that the MLAs and the MPs were guided by a common idea.
Meanwhile, former Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Mayor and Mamata Banerjee’s close aide Firhad Hakim met Ritabrata Banerjee at the West Bengal Assembly on Monday. Mr. Hakim, a Trinamool Congress legislator had recently quit as Mayor of KMC.
Weighing in on the political developments, Congress general secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh posted on X: “The Union Minister of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change who looked after elections in West Bengal has spent the day poaching. This Minister’s special job is to nab poachers and prevent poaching and not be one himself.”
Meanwhile, former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s loyalists publicly defended the party chairperson. Trinamool MP from Bardhaman-Durgapur Kirti Azad shared a letter on social media and claimed that Dr. Dastidar’s “removal and appointment of Kalyan Banerjee as the chief whip was already informed to the Honourable Speaker last month by our Honourable chairperson Mamata Banerjee”. “The question is for how long the BJP will keep hoodwinking the people?” he said.
Krishnanagar Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra said the MPs who are revolting won in 2024 general elections on a Trinamool ticket. “Mandate was NOT for NDA. All the greedy self-serving traitors with yellow-stained pants can please join BJP now — resign your seats & contest on BJP ticket. Let’s see what big heroes you are,” Ms. Moitra posted on social media.
In another social media post, Ms. Moitra targeted Trinamool’s Baharampur MP Yusuf Pathan and claimed that he was rushing to Delhi at the invitation of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. “Have some courage. You played for India. Our district voted you in with a huge margin. Have some shame & some spine,” she said.
Senior party MPs Sougata Roy, Kalyan Banerjee, Mahua Moitra, Kirti Azad, Mahua Moitra and Sudip Banerjee are among the parliamentarians who have backed the Trinamool chairperson even as the party seems to be imploding after the 2026 Assembly election debacle.
Published - June 08, 2026 04:35 pm IST
Bengal / state politics / All India Trinamool Congress / Bharatiya Janata Party / parliament / politics
Source: The Hindu - India News
