Trinamool rebellion reaches Delhi: 20 party MPs plan to form a separate bloc and support NDA

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Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MPs holding a meeting at the residence of Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav on June 8, 2026. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

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 Party West Bengal observer Bhupendra Yadav’s residence.

There are 29 MPs of the Trinamool Congress in the Lok Sabha, and according to those present at the meeting 20 of them have come out in rebellion against party chairperson Mamata Banerjee and general secretary Abhishek Banerjee. The 20 rebel MPs plan to form a separate bloc and support the BJP led National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre.

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 MP told sources close to her that she remains the Trinamool Congress chief whip on paper and will submit a letter with signature of 20 MPs to the Lok Sabha Speaker, seeking recognition of the MPs as a separate bloc.

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 at the Union Minister’s residence.

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari was present at the meeting of rebel Trinamool Congress MPs along with Mr. Yadav. Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, who resigned from the party and the Upper House of Parliament, was also present at the meeting.

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The meeting of rebel Lok Sabha MPs was held not far from the gathering at Constitution Club of India where Trinamool chairperson Mamata Banerjee and