Kolkata: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday called off a scheduled meeting with her party's legislators after only 20 of 80 MLAs turned up, with the party blaming the mass absence on a "sudden and emergent ground situation" triggered by attacks on senior functionaries and several arrests statewide.

TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh attributed the absence of MLAs to the "sudden and emergent ground situation" in the wake of Saturday's attack on TMC national general secretary…

TMC's legislators' meeting was canceled as most MLAs skipped due to attacks on party leaders, prompting intensified protests against BJP.