Leader of the Opposition in the Bengal Assembly Ritabrata Banerjee|Picture Credit: PTI
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With the fight for control of the Trinamool Congress collecting speed, the breakaway faction, led by Leader of the Opposition in the Bengal Assembly Ritabrata Banerjee, will satisfy the complete bench of the Election Commission in New Delhi on Thursday to stake a claim on the celebration’s election sign and savings account.
A 10-member delegation of the Ritabrata Banerjee-led faction of the Trinamool Congress, which declares to represent the genuine Trinamool, will satisfy Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and other members of the survey panel, signalling a restored difficulty to Mamata Banerjee’s management.
Talking to mediapersons at Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport before leaving for Delhi on Wednesday, Ritabrata stated, “We had actually made a submission before the Election Commission and were attempting to satisfy the Chief Election Commissioner to stake our claim. The CEC has actually consented to hear us before a complete bench of the Election Commission. When we sit before the bench we will provide our case.”
Previously, the rebel faction, which declares assistance of over 70 TMC MLAs, had actually approached the chief electoral officer of West Bengal to send a letter declaring acknowledgment as the main All India Trinamool Congress and asserting its right to the celebration’s election sign.
The rebel TMC MLAs got rid of celebration creator and previous Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from the post of chairperson at a conference kept in Kolkata on June 22. Former Minister Arup Roy was all selected as the brand-new chairperson of the Trinamool Congress.
The Trinamool Congress, established by Mamata Banerjee in 1998, concerned power in West Bengal in 2011, beating the 34-year-old Left Front federal government. The disobedience within Trinamool started after the 2026 Assembly election, when the celebration lost to the BJP.
Riding on a huge anti-incumbency wave versus the erstwhile Trinamool Congress federal government, the BJP taped a historical landslide triumph in the Assembly elections kept in April. The saffron celebration won 208 seats, lowering the TMC to simply 80 in the 294-member West Bengal Assembly.
On Wednesday, Trinamool Congress MLA Kunal Ghosh, near celebration supremo Mamata Banerjee, declared that the rebel faction was “BJP-sponsored” and these lawmakers were trying to secure themselves by lining up with the saffron celebration.
“Their relocation is BJP-sponsored. It has actually been doing so in a structured method to harm TMC,” Ghosh stated, responding to the news of the breakaway faction going to fulfill the Election Commission on Thursday.
Released on July 1, 2026
