HOME > MARKETS > ECONOMY NEWS
  ECONOMY NEWS
ECONOMY
TMC crisis: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla calls on Abhishek Banerjee to present his case on June 19
Jun-17-2026

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla called Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee for a meeting on June 19 to present his case on the split in the Mamata Banerjee-led party.

The move comes after 20 rebel Trinamool MPs claimed to have merged with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India and petitioned the Speaker for recognition as a distinct group in Parliament.

The rebel MPs have already met Birla, while the faction led by Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had sought an appointment to present its position. Speaker Om Birla intends to hear both sides before making a decision, which will be based on the applicable laws and parliamentary rules, according to the sources. 

The rebel faction is being led by expelled TMC leader Ritabrata Banerjee, who was chosen as the Leader of Opposition in the Bengal assembly by his supporters. Last week, Ritabrata even claimed that his faction is the ‘real TMC’. On the other hand, there were rumours that Mamata might merge with the Congress party although they were dismissed as 'baseless.'


  RELATED NEWS >>