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Trinamool Congress faces internal rebellion after defeat to the BJP in the 2026 Bengal Assembly election, with leaders questioning Mamata Banerjee's strategy and their loyalty to her.

Trinamool Congress faces internal rebellion after defeat to the BJP in the 2026 Bengal Assembly election, with leaders questioning Mamata Banerjee's strategy and their loyalty to her.

Their removal came minutes after West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said the two had complained about signatures of TMC MLAs being forged on a party letter. The letter endorsed Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay as the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal legislative assembly.

KOLKATA: Alleging that BJP was trying to break the Trinamool Congress (TMC), Mamata Banerjee on Monday dared the saffron party to "arrest her if they want", her words coming shortly after police denied TMC permission for a sit-in at Rani Rashmoni Avenue on June 2.

KOLKATA: The West Bengal crime investigation department (CID) has recorded statements of 13 Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLAs so far as part of its probe into alleged signature forgery case.

The decision was announced minutes after Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari told media persons in Nabanna that these two MLAs had complained that signatures of TMC MLAs were forged to show support for the TMC Leader of Opposition and Chief Whip.

Talking to ET about the post-poll situation in West Bengal, Chowdhury said: "We are currently witnessing the tradition of post-poll, post-regime change, cycle of violence in West Bengal. This, unfortunately, is unique to West Bengal's electoral history. Post-poll violence had taken place when the Left Front took over from Congress and subsequently when TMC wrested power from the Left. The same trend has now returned as BJP overthrew the TMC regime. This can't be allowed to continue."

A vast majority of Trinamool Congress MLAs were absent from a scheduled meeting at Mamata Banerjee's house

Suspended TMC leader Riju Dutta claims over 50 of 80 MLAs met to form an "Asli Trinamool" faction, change Leader of Opposition, and that several MPs are in talks with BJP.

Senior Advocate Biswajit Deb on Monday slammed the Trinamool Congress (TMC) leadership over its decision to expel leaders Sandipan Saha and Ritabrata Banerjee, calling it a "wrong decision" that protects the real culprits while punishing them.