The internal crisis within the Trinamool Congress intensified on Monday after the rebel faction led by Ritabrata formally claimed control of the party and announced the suspension of TMC National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee.
The Trinamool Congress has stepped up efforts to counter reports of an internal split, with party leader Abhishek Banerjee writing to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and requesting that no separate faction of the party be recognised in Parliament.