Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is reviewing a split within the Trinamool Congress. Twenty rebel MPs have merged with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India. The Speaker will decide after hearing both sides. The TMC has called the move misleading and undemocratic. The rebel group claims to have met the two-thirds threshold for a merger.

Constitutional expert P.D.T. Achary asserts that TMC rebels must approach the Election Commission, not the Speaker, for recognition.

Rebel Trinamool Congress MPs plan to approach Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla seeking recognition as the 'real TMC' parliamentary group. A constitutional expert states the Election…

NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla urging him to "decline any recognition to separate faction of TMC".

A letter from Abhishek Banerjee was handed to the Lok Sabha Speaker by MPs Kirti Azad and Sagarika Ghose on Sunday. | India News

Rebel TMC MPs to join Tripura-based Nationalist Citizens Party of India | India News

Twenty rebel Trinamool Congress MPs announced their merger with the Nationalist Citizens Party, pledging support to the NDA after a key meeting in Delhi.

Rebel Trinamool Congress MPs, led by Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, plan to merge with the Nationalist Citizen Party and support NDA.

A significant split is unfolding within the Trinamool Congress. Rebel MPs have announced their merger with the Nationalist Citizens Party. They met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to…

A faction of 20 rebel TMC MPs merges with the Nationalist Citizens Party, seeking recognition in Parliament.

Twenty rebel Trinamool Congress MPs met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in New Delhi and sought separate seating arrangements in the House. Rebel MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar said the…

A major split has rocked the Trinamool Congress. Twenty Lok Sabha MPs have joined the Nationalist Citizens Party of India. They will now support Prime Minister Narendra Modi's…

The merger, if approved, will increase the NDA’s strength from 294 to 314 in the Lok Sabha, still short of 46 seats to secure a two-thirds majority in the Lower House. | India News

West Bengal minister Dilip Ghosh said the Lok Sabha Speaker will decide on any request by rebel TMC MPs for separate party recognition after examining their submissions. He also…

TMC crisis LIVE: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will verify the signatures of the 20 TMC rebel MPs before taking a decision on recognising the merger with NCPI. | India News

Rebel Trinamool MPs merge with NCPI to secure voting rights amidst impending legislative changes, avoiding lengthy disqualification battles.

The merger of the defectors from the TMC with the NCPI, and their decision to support the NDA boosted the latter, and increased its strength in the Lok Sabha. | India News

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is reviewing a split within the Trinamool Congress. Twenty rebel MPs have merged with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India. The Speaker will decide…

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will hear both sides of the Trinamool Congress regarding a rebel faction's merger request. This comes amid a standoff over a summons issued to Abhishek…

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla gave Abhishek Banerjee a two-hour notice during his Enforcement Directorate questioning, sparking a standoff with Trinamool Congress.

TMC LIVE updates: The faction of 20 rebel MPs, which feature heavy-weights like Jadavpur MP Saayoni Ghosh, on Sunday moved to further solidify their support to the NDA by writing…