No formal proposal yet, say senior NCP(SP) leaders amid buzz over merger with Congress
While the Congress’s Maharashtra unit has refused comment on speculations about the merger, sources said a proposal to this effect has been in the pipeline for some time.
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NDA looks to boost numbers in Lok Sabha, Sena UBT may also split
Sources within NDA suggest one of the parties that may see desertion from its ranks is Sena UBT, a possibility being talked about since the alliance swept the assembly polls in Maharashtra but has gained traction now. The Uddhav Thackeray-led party has nine MPs in Lok Sabha and six of them will have to merge with another party — Shiv Sena led by deputy CM Eknath Shinde seen as the most probable option — to avoid losing membership under the anti-defection law.
Rebels claim 19 MPs in ‘real TMC’ fight, set to meet Speaker
While none from the rebel camp contested the screenshots, almost everyone voiced grievance against Abhishek Banerjee. Lashing out, Abhishek said, “BJP has been trying many tactics — from creating rift in our party to intimidating party workers, taking over party offices, and destroying our organisation. But no matter what they do, they cannot deny the fact that 2.6 crore people voted for us and we got a 41% votes. We will continue to fight against this oppression.”
Lutyens’ bungalow that served as TMC base in Delhi vacated
The Trinamool Congress loses its Delhi base as MP Partha Bhowmick vacates the party's bungalow, signaling potential internal splits and operational struggles.
Despite rift, Rahul Gandhi says DMK with opposition on ‘idea of India’
Alleging BJP steals elections, Rahul said he had warned “friends in TMC”, who were confident that they were sweeping Bengal polls, that they were in “dreamland” — stating he had seen it in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Maharashtra. He said BJP can’t win the next polls, “which is already won”, because people are angry, but the hurdle is that elections will not be free and fair.