Trinamool to move High Court against Bengal Assembly Speaker's recognition of Ritabrata as LoP

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Expelled TMC MLA Ritabrata Banerjee. File | Photo Credit: ANI

The TMC will move the Calcutta High Court on Monday (June 8, 2026), challenging the West Bengal Assembly speaker's decision to recognise rebel leader Ritabrata Banerjee as the Leader of the Opposition in the House, party MP Kalyan Banerjee said.

The decision was taken at a meeting convened by TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday (June 5, 2026) evening, where senior party leaders discussed the fallout of the rebellion by a section of its MLAs that has shaken the organisation after its defeat in the recent Assembly elections.

The TMC on Wednesday (June 3, 2026) suffered its first split in its 28-year history as 58 rebel MLAs elected expelled leader Ritabrata Banerjee as Leader of Opposition, wresting control of its legislature party, and secured recognition from the Assembly Speaker, plunging Mamata Banerjee's outfit into its gravest internal crisis since its inception.

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"We have decided to move court against the decision of the Speaker. We think the decision is against established norms and parliamentary procedures. Rules have been violated," Kalyan Banerjee told reporters after the meeting.

Reacting to the proposed legal challenge, Ritabrata Banerjee dismissed the allegations and asserted that all constitutional and procedural requirements had been followed.

"All norms have been followed. Today, there was a meeting convened by Mamata Banerjee. Please go and see how many legislators attended that meeting," he told reporters, suggesting that the majority of elected representatives remained with the rebel camp.

Responding to Ritabrata Banerjee's claim, the TMC's media cell said the meeting at Mamata Banerjee's residence was not convened for all party MLAs or MPs but was of the party's National Working Committee.

"It was a National Working Committee meeting and not a meeting of all MLAs or MPs. Several members, inc