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The Trinamool Congress is facing a major internal crisis as rebel MPs and MLAs challenge Mamata Banerjee's leadership. Led by Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and Ritabrata Banerjee, dissent within the party has raised concerns about a possible split and its future political stability.

With the Trinamool holding 28 Lok Sabha seats, a rebel faction requires exactly 19 MPs to defect to form a legally recognised splinter group without losing their parliamentary status.

NEW DELHI: TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee was heckled with chants of "Chor Chor" and "Jai Shri Ram" at Kolkata airport on Tuesday amid the escalating political turmoil within the Trinamool Congress.

The two leaders are expected to discuss the strategy between the two parties going forward after the opposition bloc meeting, and following an exodus of Trinamool members after the party's defat to the BJP in the recent Bengal polls.

KOLKATA: The CID of West Bengal Police on Tuesday carried out raids at two key Trinamool Congress offices in Kolkata -- one near former chief minister Mamata Banerjee's Kalighat residence and another on Camac Street linked to Abhishek Banerjee -- as part of the ongoing probe into the alleged signature forgery case.

Media focuses on three major events, including one-year anniversary of Ahmedabad air crash. Time stands frozen at the accident site, it reports.

Congress is now the biggest constituent of the so-called alliance. It has governments in three states. This alliance, set up two years ago, is on a national level, but the fact remains that Congress has lost three Lok Sabha elections consecutively.

The development came after TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar claimed that 20 party MPs had joined hands to form a separate group. According to her, a letter seeking recognition of the faction has already been submitted to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.

Mamata Banerjee TMC Crisis: With regard to the ongoing rebellion within the Trinamool Congress (TMC), party MP and senior leader Kalyan Banerjee launched a scathing attack on the rebellious MPs.

NEW DELHI: Days after exiting the Trinamool Congress, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray on Monday made explosive claims about the Mamata Banerjee-led party and her previous government in West Bengal.