05:04 PM, 03-Jun-2026
TMC government committed corruption in every department: Agnimitra Paul
West Bengal Minister Agnimitra Paul, reacting to the internal dispute and split in Trinamool Congress, said that she already knew that after the historic mandate, Trinamool Congress would cease to exist. But it is falling apart even before that. He alleged that Trinamool Congress has committed corruption in every department of the government and looted the hard-earned money of the people of Bengal. He also said that the law and order situation in the state had completely deteriorated.
02:42 PM, 03-Jun-2026
There is resentment about Abhishek Banerjee
Rebel MLA Arunabh Sen said, ‘Even today I consider Mamata Banerjee as my leader, but I have never considered Abhishek Banerjee as a leader and will never consider her.’ In the letter, the rebel MLAs have described Mamata Banerjee as the leader and assembly leader of the party, which indicates that their opposition is directly against the leadership of Abhishek Banerjee.
02:02 PM, 03-Jun-2026
Big action by TMC amid rebellion, all party committees dismissed in Bengal
Amid reports of rebellion in Trinamool Congress, the party leadership has taken major action and dissolved all the party committees in Bengal. Besides, the party has also dissolved the committees of the organisation. The party informed about its decision in a post shared on social media.
01:18 PM, 03-Jun-2026
Rebel MLAs can escape from anti-defection law
Under the anti-defection law, any splinter group needs the support of at least two-thirds of the members of the legislative party to avoid disqualification. TMC has 80 MLAs in the assembly, so this figure comes to 54. If the rebel group’s claim of support of 58 MLAs proves true, it will be in a strong position to get itself recognized as a legitimate TMC legislature party by garnering more support than the required number. Although the support of only 30 MLAs is enough to claim the post of Leader of the Opposition, the current struggle does not seem to be limited to this post only. The real fight is believed to be over the control of the legislative party and the rights over the election symbol.
01:01 PM, 03-Jun-2026
Mamta camp MLAs distanced themselves from the meeting
The MLAs who reached the Assembly included many senior leaders including Arup Roy, Shiuli Saha, Akhruzzaman, Sandipan Saha, Sabina Yasmin, Chandranath Sinha, Javed Khan, Samar Mukherjee and Prasun Banerjee. It is noteworthy that none of the MLAs who attended the meeting had taken part in the protest program of former Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee organized in the central area of Kolkata on Tuesday. At the same time, leaders like Shobhandeb Chattopadhyay, Nayana Bandyopadhyay, Madan Mitra and Kunal Ghosh, who are considered close to the party leadership, stayed away from this meeting held in the Assembly.
Expelled MLA from the party Ritabrata Banerjee was at the center of this entire incident. After his arrival in the Assembly, discussions intensified in political circles that he has the support of about two-thirds of the party’s MLAs and he is preparing to challenge the current leadership. Sources in the rebel camp claim that Ritabrata Banerjee has letters of support from 58 MLAs and he can demand recognition for both the posts of leader of the TMC legislature party and leader of the opposition.
12:41 PM, 03-Jun-2026
Rebel leaders met the Assembly Speaker
Media reports say that rebel TMC MLA Ritabrata Banerjee has submitted a letter with the support of 58 MLAs to Assembly Speaker Ratindra Bose.
12:15 PM, 03-Jun-2026
CM Shubhendu said – No person committing fraud will be spared
Amidst this political controversy, CM Shubhendu Adhikari has also made a scathing attack on the TMC leadership. Regarding the alleged fake signature and internal correspondence controversy, he said that the law will take its course in the matter and no one involved in signature forgery will be spared.
Giving details of the incident, Shubhendu Adhikari said that on May 9, TMC’s national general secretary had sent a letter to the Assembly Speaker and proposed to appoint Shobhandeb Chattopadhyay as the leader of the opposition, Nayana Bandyopadhyay and Asima Patra as deputy leaders and Firhad Hakim as the chief whip. After this, another letter with 70 signatures was sent on 20 May. However, the controversy escalated when TMC MLAs Ritabrata Banerjee and Sandipan Saha filed a formal complaint alleging that no such resolution was passed by the legislature party.
After the intervention of the Assembly Speaker, an FIR was registered at Hare Street police station and the investigation of the case was later handed over to CID. CM Shubhendu Adhikari claimed that CID has started collecting signature samples of the MLAs included in the letter. According to him, three TMC MLAs Baharul Islam, Arup Roy and Subhashish Das have admitted before the CID that they had not signed the relevant document.
12:12 PM, 03-Jun-2026
What did the rebel MLA say?
On Wednesday, many leaders of the alleged rebel group claimed that they have the support of most of the 80 TMC MLAs. Rebel leaders have objected to the appointment of Shobhandeb Chattopadhyay as the Leader of the Opposition (LOP) in the Assembly. On this issue, TMC MLA Mustafizur Rahman told reporters, ‘We do not know the exact number, but it is being heard from outside that 59 signatures have been received. I have also signed. At the same time, TMC MLA Priya Paul, while avoiding saying anything openly on this matter, said, ‘I am going inside the assembly. I will tell you about this after the meeting.
11:58 AM, 03-Jun-2026
Rebellion in TMC started from a fake signature scandal
This entire controversy started over the letter which TMC had submitted to the Assembly Secretariat. This letter had signatures of about 70 MLAs in support of making Shobhandeb Chattopadhyay the Leader of Opposition. However, expelled party MLAs Ritabrata Banerjee and Sandipan Saha alleged that their signatures in the support letter were fake. Apart from these, signatures of many other MLAs were also found suspicious. After this the party expelled Ritabrata Banerjee and Sandipan Saha from the party.
The complaint of the Assembly Secretariat said that the signature of TMC leader Naina Banerjee was found to be the most suspicious. His signature at the time of taking oath and the signature present in the supporting letter were said to be different. After this CID started investigation and interrogated many MLAs. These include leaders like Naina Banerjee, Chandranath Sinha, Kunal Ghosh and Baharul Islam.
11:40 AM, 03-Jun-2026
Many MLAs were keeping distance from Mamata Banerjee’s meetings
In the recent Bengal Assembly elections, Trinamool Congress had won 80 seats. However, now three-fourth of these MLAs i.e. 59 may be defeated. Many MLAs had also kept distance from TMC meetings. Besides, many MLAs were also missing from the protests being organized by former CM and party chief Mamata Banerjee. After this, news of disunity in the party started coming. However, TMC had rejected the news of the split.