The development comes barely days after the TMC leadership suffered a setback, where 58 of its 80 MLAs defied the party high command’s decision to appoint veteran leader Sovandeb Chattopadhyay as the Leader of the Opposition, and elected expelled MLA Ritabrata Banerjee to that post

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) is facing a deepening internal crisis after its West Bengal Assembly election defeat, with rebel MLAs and MPs seeking separate recognition and senior leader Sukhendu Sekhar Roy resigning from the party and Rajya Sabha