The rebel MPs met Om Birla on Sunday and submitted a letter, stating that they would merge with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India and would support the ruling NDA coalition in the future.

The rebellion in the TMC escalated as dissident MPs merged with the Nationalist Citizens Party and sought separate seating in the Lok Sabha.

What happens when a party that campaigned against political turncoats becomes the refuge of defectors? The answer lies in the dramatic rise of the little-known Nationalist Citizens Party of India.

The latest political twist comes hours after the rebel faction regrouped at Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla’s residence in Delhi following a meeting with Union Minister Bhupender Yadav. According to sources, the rebel TMC MPs opted to associate themselves with the party due to legal complications in forming a separate parliamentary bloc.

The NCPI was registered in Bengal in January 2023. Records show it got donations totalling Rs 1.13 lakh. Shewly Kundu is mentioned as treasurer of the party whose registered address is in Bengal's Howrah

Rebel Trinamool Congress MPs, led by Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, plan to merge with the Nationalist Citizen Party and support NDA.

The war of words between the Trinamool Congress and the BJP intensified after dissident TMC MPs announced their merger with the NCPI.

NCPI National Organising Secretary Shantanu Dey said he does not support accommodating dissident TMC MPs after their reported merger with the party. He said the move set a bad precedent and contrasted it with NCPI's rights-based founding principles.

According to sources, the rebel TMC MPs decided to associate themselves with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India due to legal complications in forming a separate bloc. 

A group of dissident TMC MPs announced a merger with the NCPI and support for the NDA. The move sparked a sharp TMC rebuttal, a challenge before the Speaker and fresh BJP attacks.

The merger has also provided them time to regroup and whip up an intricate plan to wrest from Banerjee the last vestige of the party she had founded in 1998.

The merger has also provided them time to regroup and whip up an intricate plan to wrest from Banerjee the last vestige of the party she had founded in 1998.

TMC criticizes rebel MPs' NCPI merger as "ridiculous," while BJP claims it highlights TMC's ideological crisis.

TMC criticizes rebel MPs' NCPI merger as "ridiculous," while BJP claims it highlights TMC's ideological crisis.