The Trinamool Congress seems to be heading for a split as at least 20 TMC MPs submitted a letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday expressing their desire to ally with the BJP-led NDA. The TMC has 28 Lok Sabha MPs. . Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, who was upset with the party after being removed from the post of the Whip, said going by the people's verdict, they believe that their "future political course should be aligned with the NDA". According to reports, the group of at least 20 Trinamool Congress MPs on Monday held a meeting at Union minister Bhupender Yadav's residence, to discuss a plan of switching sides to the BJP.
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Those present at the meeting included Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, who resigned from the party and stepped down as a member of the Rajya Sabha, and Trinamool Lok Sabha MPs Prasun Banerjee, Sharmila Sarkar, Jagadish Chandra Basunia, Kalipada Saren Kherwal and Arup Chakraborty. The developments follow 60 Trinamool MLAs forming a separate group in the West Bengal Assembly, with Ritabrata Banerjee assuming the charge of leader of opposition instead of Mamata Banerjee's nominee. The numbers - which comfortably bypasses the anti-defection law - indicates the planning. There has been a buzz about the rebellion of the Trinamool MPs since last week.
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