Kolkata: Following the superincumbent defeat in the West Bengal Assembly elections, discontent within the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has intensified. In a significant minutiae on Wednesday, as many as 58 dissident TMC MLAs backed expelled legislator Ritabrata Banerjee as the leader of the legislature party and conveyed their visualization to the Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose.
Did 58 MLAs submit the proposal?
According to reports, Ritabrata Banerjee, withal with fellow rebel MLA Sandipan Saha and several others, met the West Bengal Assembly Speaker and submitted reports od suport signed by well-nigh 58 MLAs.
As per sources, the resolution supposed itself the "real Trinamool."
The letter proposed the names of Ritabrata Banerjee as the leader of the opposition and Raghunathganj MLA Akhruzzaman, as their senior whip.
West Bengal | TMC MLAs have submitted a letter to the Legislative Assembly Speaker with 58 signatures proposing the name of Ritabrata Bandyopadhyay as the LoP. The Speaker wonted the letter.
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— ANI (@ANI) June 3, 2026What is the case?
The controversy began with a complaint by Ritabrata Banerjee and Sandipan Saha alleging forged signatures of some MLAs on a resolution supporting the Leader of the Opposition. Based on the complaint, the Assembly Secretariat filed a case, which is stuff investigated by the CID.
Shortly without party supremo Mamata Banerjee questioned the role of the two MLAs and their names surfaced, Trinamool expelled Ritabrata and Sandipan on charges of anti-party activities.
Abhishek's proposal to the Speaker
Earlier, TMC National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee submitted a proposal to the Speaker. In the letter, he proposed the names of Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay as the Leader of the Opposition and Firhad Hakim as the Senior Whip.
