Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla granted Sudip Bandyopadhyay an extension until September 22. This allows the rebel TMC MP time to file his reply to a disqualification petition. The petition was filed by TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee under the Tenth Schedule. Speaker Birla has granted separate seating for the 20 breakaway MPs. The merger with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India has not yet been ratified.

A faction of rebel Trinamool MPs has formally asked the Lok Sabha Speaker for additional time to address disqualification notices presented by Abhishek Banerjee. They requested a…

Rebel TMC MPs request three weeks to respond to disqualification notice from the Lok Sabha amid ongoing political tensions.