Rebel Trinamool Congress MPs announce merger with Nationalist Citizen Party
Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, a Trinamool Congress MP, announced that 20 of her colleagues will merge with the Nationalist Citizen Party. The move follows a meeting with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla where the MPs requested separate seating arrangements and stated their intention to work with the NDA. Before this announcement, Abhishek Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress parliamentary party leader in the Lok Sabha, had urged the Speaker not to recognize any separate factions of the party.
15 JUN 2026
— The Hindu
The National Citizens Party of India (NCPI) has become the largest parliamentary force from West Bengal after 20 Trinamool Congress MPs merged with the party.
16 JUN 2026
— Indian Express
The Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) has become the largest parliamentary bloc in West Bengal after 20 Trinamool Congress MPs joined the party.
19 JUN 2026
— The Hindu
Twenty Trinamool Congress MPs, citing legal concerns, have merged with the National Citizens Party of India.
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