West Bengal politics heat up amid claims of internal turmoil in TMC

Amid the ongoing political turmoil in West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), the official list of 19 TMC Lok Sabha MPs who allegedly rebelled against Mamata Banerjee has become public. 

This list includes big and high-profile names like Bollywood veteran actor and politician Shatrughan Sinha and former Indian team star cricketer Yusuf Pathan. This report has increased a lot of suspense and excitement in the politics of West Bengal and Delhi.

According to the information received, after the party MLAs, now a large number of TMC Lok Sabha MPs have also rebelled against Mamata Banerjee's leadership. It is claimed that all these 19 MPs have submitted an official letter with signatures to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to form a separate parliamentary group in Parliament.

However, no official confirmation or detailed response has been given by the Trinamool Congress leadership or Mamata Banerjee's group on this matter.

These 19 MPs of Trinamool Congress (TMC) became rebels:

According to the official list that has surfaced, the details of the rebel TMC MPs and their constituencies, who have increased Mamata Banerjee's concerns and are leaning towards the NDA, are as follows:

Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar (Barasat)

Jagdish Chandra Basunia (Cooch Behar)

Khalilur Rahman (Jangipur)

Yusuf Pathan (Bahrampur)

Abu Tahir Khan (Murshidabad)

Partha Bhowmik (Barrackpore)

Bapi Haldar (Mathurapur)

Sayoni Ghosh (Jadavpur)

Mala Roy (Kolkata South)

Mitali Bagh (Aram Bagh)

Deepak Adhikari - Dev (Ghatal)

Kalipad Soren (Zhadgram)

June Maliya (Medinipur)

Arup Chakraborty (Bankura)

Dr. Sharmila Sarkar (Vardhman East)

Shatrughan Sinha (Asansol)

Asit Kumar Mal (Bolpur)

Shatabdi Roy (Birbhum)

Rachana Banerjee (Hooghly)

If the claim of these rebel MPs proves to be true, it will be the biggest and irreparable political blow in the history of TMC.

According to parliamentary rules, only if two-thirds (2/3) of the total 28 Lok Sabha MPs of TMC, i.e. at least 19 MPs, form a separate group together, their membership can be saved. Since exactly 19 MPs are named in this list, they can be legally protected. At present, the eyes of the entire country are on the personal reactions of the MPs included in this list and Mamata Banerjee's next political steps.