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The biggest political news of this time is coming out from the politics of West Bengal and the country. The ongoing internal crisis within the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) reached its peak on Sunday (14 June 2026) when 20 rebel MPs of the party took an unexpected step and officially announced the complete merger of their faction with the little-known political party ‘Nationalist Citizens Party of India’ (NCPI).
Along with this rebellion, a delegation of rebel MPs met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in New Delhi and made a written request to make a new arrangement for sitting separately from TMC in the lower house of Parliament. On the other hand, the original TMC led by Mamata Banerjee has opened a front against the rebel group, terming it unconstitutional.
The real TMC fight will reach the court; Speaker confirmed 20 signatures
The rebel group, led by senior Lok Sabha member Sudip Bandopadhyay, has made it clear that they will not be limited to just sitting aside. Bandopadhyay told the media that his faction is the ‘real Trinamool Congress’ and he will fight a legal battle for it from the Election Commission to the courts and will stake claim on the party’s official election symbol (Two Flowers & Grass).
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Verification of Signatures: After meeting Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, rebel MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar said that a total of 20 Lok Sabha MPs have signed this official letter of rebellion. According to the claims of the rebel group, the Lok Sabha Speaker himself has physically verified the signatures of all those 20 MPs.
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Political meaning of meeting Bhupendra Yadav: Just before meeting the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, these rebel MPs had secretly met the senior Central Government Minister Bhupendra Yadav at his residence, which has intensified the speculations about the strategic support of the NDA behind this rebellion.
Abhishek Banerjee’s counterattack: ‘There is no protection for partition in the Constitution now’
Soon after this historic breakdown, TMC parliamentary party leader and party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee took charge. On behalf of the party, MPs Kirti Azad and Sagarika Ghosh met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday and handed over a strong protest letter to Abhishek Banerjee, in which it has been requested not to give any kind of parliamentary recognition to the rebel group.
Abhishek Banerjee, in his letter, has made the following 3 main legal arguments citing historical decisions of the Supreme Court:
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10th Schedule (Anti-Defection Law): Banerjee, citing the decision given by the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court in the Maharashtra political crisis (Shiv Sena-NCP Case), argued that under the 10th Schedule of the Constitution (anti-defection law), there is no legal protection or defense available to ‘split’ within any party. The law recognizes only the original political party, not any rival faction within it.
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Two-third majority and dual condition of merger: The letter clarifies that under the law, to protect any merger from the anti-defection law, two conditions must be fulfilled simultaneously—first, the support of two-thirds of the public representatives and second, the legal merger of the original political party with another party. Fulfillment of just one of these conditions is not sufficient.
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There should not be a unilateral decision: TMC has requested the Speaker to treat the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) as a single undivided party in the House and give full opportunity to the parent party to present its official stand before taking a final decision on any claims of the rebels.
After all, what is NCPI party? Know its complete history and leadership
To challenge a party with a strong national identity like Mamata Banerjee’s TMC, the rebels have NCPI Its history has been very short and regional:
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Party Format: Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) is one of the candidates in the Election Commission’s records. Registered but unrecognized political party (RUPP) Is recorded as. Till now it did not have any significant political or parliamentary presence at the national or regional level.
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Registration and Address: According to Election Commission reports, NCPI has been officially registered. 20 January 2023 happened on. Interestingly, the registered headquarters of this party is in West Bengal. Howrah district It is based in India, but it showed its early electoral activity in the northeastern state of Tripura.
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Tripura election flop show: The party had fielded candidates on some seats in the 2023 Tripura Assembly elections. However, its performance then was so bad that its candidates got less or equal votes than NOTA and everyone’s deposit was forfeited.
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Luck suddenly shines in 2026: The sudden announcement of merger of 20 Lok Sabha MPs of TMC with this party in June 2026 has made a direct and massive entry of this unrecognized party into the Parliament. Along with this, the party has also announced its support to the NDA government at the Centre.
Founder and Organizational Leadership
According to publicly and officially available documents, the ‘Kundu family’ from predominantly Bengali speaking areas has played a central role in the formation and operation of this party:
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Party President: Uttiya Kundu (Uttiya Kundu) is currently the national president of this party.
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Treasurer: Shuli Kundu (Shewly Kundu) has responsibility for the financial management of the party and as treasurer.
Ideological Objective: NCPI associates itself with extreme ‘nationalist’ and ‘citizen-centric’ politics. However, political analysts across the country are keeping an eye on how much constitutional recognition the Lok Sabha Speaker and the country’s courts give to this rebellion and merger amidst the stringent criteria of the country’s anti-defection law.