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Can Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla be removed? Following the Congress-led Opposition's no-confidence motion notice signed by 103 MPs, we break down the constitutional rules under Article 94.

With three TMC MPs resigning, the NDA is set to secure all three seats from Bengal after the bypolls, upping its tally to 154, nine short of a two-thirds majority in the Upper House

NEW DELHI: Trouble mounted for Trinamool Congree chief Mamata Banerjee as rebel MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar on Sunday claimed that two more parliamentarians were set to join the dissident group, which would take its strength in the Lok Sabha to 22. TMC is the third largest party with 28 MPs in Lok Sabha.

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, on the other hand, will meet dissident TMC MPs in Delhi on Sunday. The rebel MPs are scheduled to meet Lok Sabha Speaker

The rebel TMC MPs left for Delhi on Sunday and are expected to hold discussions before meeting the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday.

NDA moves closer to a two-thirds majority in Rajya Sabha while facing challenges in the Lok Sabha amid TMC defections.

The dissident TMC MPs will meet Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday with a letter seeking to be recognised as the "real TMC". | India News

NEW DELHI: Congress leader K C Venugopal on Sunday hit out at the Communist Party of India (Marxist) over its criticism of Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi, accusing the Left party of suffering from a "political inferiority complex" and failing to introspect on its own electoral decline.

Sources earlier told India TV that seven of UBT's Lok Sabha members are in touch with the Shinde camp and are considering a switch. However, the Shiv Sena (UBT) has maintained that the party remains united and Sunday's meeting is being viewed as an attempt to check the legislators' loyalty.

LUCKNOW: Congress leader and leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will visit Prayagraj on July 10 as part of the party's nationwide campaign against paper leaks, examination irregularities and rising unemployment, with the programme also carrying political significance ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.