TMC Crisis: Now big action by Speaker on split in TMC, Abhishek Banerjee summoned on June 19

The ruckus within the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has now reached the corridors of Parliament. The demand by 20 rebel party MPs to recognize themselves as a separate faction (Nationalist Citizens Party of India) has increased Mamata Banerjee’s problems. In this matter, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has taken major action and decided to listen to both the sides. According to sources, TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee has been called by the Speaker on June 19 to personally present his case. Speaker’s big initiative: Will the separate faction get recognition Rebel TMC MPs claim that they have merged into a separate political entity and now they are entitled to get separate status in the Lok Sabha. At the same time, Mamata Banerjee-led TMC clearly says that the legislative wing of the party cannot be separated from the parent organization. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is closely studying constitutional rules and parliamentary laws before reaching any conclusion. The Speaker has made it clear that he will take any decision only within the limits of the rules. There is a close fight between the rebel MPs and the Mamta group. Earlier, the rebel MPs had met the Lok Sabha Speaker and presented their side. After this, the official faction of TMC had also written a letter to the Speaker demanding that rebel MPs should not be given separate recognition under any circumstances. Abhishek Banerjee has stressed that no separate group can claim recognition merely on the basis of signatures of a few MPs. The party’s stand is very clear—TMC is an ‘indivisible’ political entity and any subversion of it is unconstitutional. Abhishek Banerjee’s growing troubles Interestingly, when the Speaker’s Office had sent Banerjee an invite for the hearing on June 15, the same day he was subjected to an 11-hour long interrogation with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Kolkata. Now this meeting of June 19 is being considered very decisive for the future of TMC and the power of the party in Parliament. There is a strong discussion in the political circles whether this is just a factionalism or a major rebellion within the party, which will have an impact on national politics in the future.