Mamata Slams "Traitors" as Key Aide Quits Amid TMC Crisis
Mamata Banerjee, the embattled Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson, responded to the resignation of her close aide, Chandrima Bhattacharya, and the subsequent rebellion within the party. Bhattacharya resigned from all party posts after a short stint as Bengal unit chief following the TMC's recent election defeat. She joined rebel leaders including Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Ritabrata Banerjee and others at the state Assembly, signaling her possible switch to their camp. Banerjee asserted that she will continue leading the party and that workers are more important than rebels.
18 JUL 2026
— Indian Express
Following Mamata Banerjee's defeat, the TMC is divided and must hold separate rallies to commemorate the 1993 police firing, with one faction permitted to hold a rally near Birla Planetarium.
19 JUL 2026
— The Hindu
Opposition parties walked out of an all-party meeting convened by the Centre due to the inclusion of a breakaway Trinamool faction.
21 JUL 2026
— The Hindu
Mamata Banerjee called for unity among INDIA bloc constituents during the Martyrs' Day rally, urging Congress and CPI(M) to cooperate and rejecting TMC rebels.
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