58 rebel TMC MLAs back Ritabrata , Mamata dissolves all committees

In West Bengal, the rebellion within the TMC took a decisive turn on Wednesday, as 58 dissident MLAs backed legislator Ritabrata Banerjee, who has been expelled from the party, as the leader of the legislature party and conveyed their decision to the Assembly speaker. The rebel MLAs submitted the letter to Assembly Speaker Rathindranath Bose on Wednesday, proposing Bandyopadhyay, the MLA from Uluberia Purba in Howrah district, as the LoP and Akhrujjaman, the MLA from Raghunathganj, as the Chief Whip.  The rebel group's claim to the Joraphool symbol as the "real Trinamool" is expected to gain momentum, signalling a major setback for Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress in the Assembly.

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In response, the Mamata Banerjee camp dissolved all organisational committees of the TMC in West Bengal amid a deepening power struggle. Earlier, Abhishek Banerjee, the party's national general secretary and MP had written to Bose proposing Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, the party MLA from Ballygunge in Kolkata, as the LoP. However, the proposal was not accepted following allegations of forged signatures of several Trinamool Congress MLAs.
The twin developments marked the most serious internal challenge faced by the TMC since its formation, raising questions over who controls the party's legislative wing, its organisational machinery, and casting doubt on the party's future after its crushing defeat in the assembly elections.Minister Tapas Roy, who defected from the Trinamool Congress to the BJP, had signalled an imminent upheaval on Tuesday through a social media post.