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Will Mamata Banerjee merge the Trinamool Congress (TMC) with Congress after a crushing defeat in West Bengal? Mamata-Sonia Gandhi meet creates buzz. Details here.

Earlier in the day, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha (LoP) Rahul Gandhi and TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee held a meeting in Delhi, fueling the merger buzz.

Trinamool Congress (TMC) has been further broken as its senior Rajya Sabha MP, Sushmita Dev, resigned, marking the second MP from the party to resign from Rajya Sabha in a week.

TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee was seen attending the INDIA bloc meeting on Monday leading may to speculate if her homecoming is in the cards. Addressing the rumours, here is what the party said.

NEW DELHI: The rebel group of parliamentarians in the Trinamool Congress is believed to have secured the support of 19 MPs -- the two-thirds of the party's parliamentary strength required to form a separate faction.

There's an intense buzz that Mamata Banerjee, who has effectively lost control of her Trinamool Congress to rebels, might merge the party with the Congress. Her prolonged stay in New Delhi, her nephew Abhishek Banerje's meeting with Rahul Gandhi, and her meeting with Sonia Gandhi, are all unusual.

NEW DELHI: As the Trinamool Congress grapples with its deepest internal crisis in nearly three decades, rebel leader Ritabrata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed that his faction now has the support of 64 MLAs in the West Bengal Assembly.

The Trinamool Congress faces a deepening internal crisis as 20 MPs, including Mala Roy, Yusuf Pathan, Saayoni Ghosh and Shatrughan Sinha, are reportedly linked to a growing rebel camp amid speculation of an NDA alignment. Scroll down to check the list of MPs who have allegedly joined the rebel camp.

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) is facing a significant internal crisis as a list of 19 dissenting MPs has emerged, indicating growing discontent among party members. , India News, Times Now

The clarification from the TMC comes comes as the party battles crisis within its parliamentary ranks. On Wednesday, another party leader, Sushmita Dev, resigned as Rajya Sabha MP, following Sukhendu Roy's resignation on Monday.