TMC leader in Rajya Sabha Derek O’Brien (file photo) Kolkata: Trinamool and NCPI took sharply divergent positions on the BJP-led NDA’s legislative agenda on Saturday, with the Mamata Banerjee camp urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to halt two proposed bills, even as NCPI pledged support to all govt legislation.In a letter to the PM, Trinamool…
Last Updated:July 18, 2026, 19:44 IST Bandyopadhyay had recently quit the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and joined the NCPI along with 19 other parliamentarians. Lok Sabha MP and NCPI leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay met PM Modi on Saturday. Ahead of the all-party meeting convened before the Monsoon session of Parliament, Lok Sabha MP and Nationalist Citizens Party…
Rebel TMC MPs Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Satabdi Roy, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and Mala Roy during their meeting with Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla last month Kolkata: The Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) is set to debut as the second biggest partner of the NDA in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament.Twenty rebel Trinamool Congress MP…
TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay, speaking to CNN-News18, defends the merger with the Nationalist Citizens Party, saying it complies with the two-thirds rule under anti-defection laws.Sudip asserts that the MPs were elected on the TMC symbol and says the party will stake its claim in Parliament on July 20. His remarks come amid a deepening political…
Following a rebellion against Trinamool, 20 MPs have joined the Nationalist Citizens’ Party of India (NCPI), with some being considered for Union council minister positions. KOLKATA: MPs of Nationalist Citizens’ Party of India (NCPI) — the youngest bloc in Lok Sabha — are being tipped for berths in the Union council ministers a day after…
The ongoing rebellion within the Trinamool Congress (TMC) took a dramatic political and legal turn on Sunday. Nineteen rebel Lok Sabha Members of Parliament (MPs) met with the Lok Sabha Speaker to stake their claim for a merger with a little-known political outfit, the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI). The lawmakers submitted a formal…
Kolkata: Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee on Saturday replaced two more rebel MPs from key party posts — barely a week after a sweeping organisational overhaul — as she moved to consolidate control amid the continuing erosion of the party’s senior ranks.At a meeting at her Kalighat residence, Arnab Banerjee — a former South Kolkata district…
Kolkata: Trinamool’s rebel MP camp swelled to 20 on Saturday after veteran Lok Sabha MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay took a morning flight to Delhi and first met Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav at his residence and then Union home minister Amit Shah later in the day.Sudip’s late flip indicates his wife and Chowringhee MLA, Nayna Bandopadhyay,…
NEW DELHI: Top aide of Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay met Union minister Bhupendra Singh on Saturday. Rebel TMC MP Satabdi Roy was also present at the meeting.Bandyopadhyay’s name was not in the list of 19 of 20 rebel TMC MPs who have expressed their willingness to side with the National Democratic…
