Trinamool rebellion reaches Delhi: 20 party MPs in talks with Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav

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All India Trinamool Congress leader Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, along with several of its MPs, held a meeting at Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party West Bengal observer Bhupendra Yadav’s residence. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu

The rebellion in Trinamool Congress reached the national capital on Monday (June 8, 2026) with several of its MPs holding a meeting at Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata PartyWest Bengal observer Bhupendra Yadav’s residence.

Photographs emerging from the meeting showed several Trinamool parliamentarians — Howrah MP Prasun Banerjee, Bankura MP Anup Chakraborty, Cooch Behar MP Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia, Bolpur Lok Sabha MP Asit Kumar Mal, Birbhum MP Satabdi Roy, Jhargram MP Kalipada Soren and Bardhaman Purba MP Sharmila Sarkar — holding a meeting.

Sources present at the meeting said that 20 Lok Sabha MPs of Trinamool Congress were present. Barasat Lok Sabha MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar is emerging as the leader of the bloc. Dr. Dastidar, who was recently removed as Trinamool chief whip in the Lok Sabha, has started warming up to the BJP.

The MPs want to make a separate bloc and support the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre. There are 29 Lok Sabha MPs of the Trinamool Congress, and 20 of them have come out in rebellion against party chairperson Mamata Banerjee and general secretary Abhishek Banerjee. Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, who resigned from the party and the Rajya Sabha, was also present at the meeting. West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari was also likely to be present at Mr. Yadav’s residence.

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