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The latest development comes a day after Dastidar and other rebel TMC MPs joined the little-known Tripura-based Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) and decided to back the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at the Centre.

The Sena UBT, however, has asserted that the party remains united and there will be no split. Further, it has said that Aaditya Thackeray, who remains UBT's leader, will take the next generation forward.

In the Lok Sabha, 20 rebel TMC MPs have merged with the NCPI, a party which came to the spotlight only after the Trinamool leaders' decision to join it. | India News

NCPI is a WB-based political outfit registered in 2023 that fielded candidates in Tripura polls the same year. The obscure party is now apparently set to have 20 MPs in the Lok Sabha.

The Nationalist Citizens Party of India is a Tripura-based registered unrecognised party that does not enjoy any significant political presence.

Bandopadhyay was one of the first parliamentary faces of the TMC and a key figure in the Lok Sabha. Last year, he was replaced by Abhishek Banerjee.

SP Rajya Sabha MP Javed Ali Khan has stirred controversy by claiming that the "majority community has been poisoned" by the BJP's politics.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture meeting started on Monday in the Parliament House Annexe Extension (PHAE).

TMC's crisis deepened as 20 rebel MPs backed the NDA via NCPI, sought separate Lok Sabha status, and Abhishek Banerjee appeared before the ED.