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Abhishek Banerjee said those blaming him should first return to the TMC if they truly believed in Mamata Banerjee's leadership.
TMC rebel leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay met PM Narendra Modi after the Lok Sabha Speaker approved separate seating for the breakaway group's 20 MPs.
Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said all Opposition parties walked out of the meeting for a few minutes as a mark of protest.
The Opposition staged a symbolic walkout from the all-party meeting to protest the invitation extended to TMC rebels.
Bidhannagar Police had earlier frozen the same three accounts, but a different bench of the HC allowed Mamata Banerjee-led faction to use money, about ₹440 crore, under judicial oversight.
Clarifying his presence at the protest, Madan Mitra said he had remained there purely as a matter of courtesy after emerging from Ritabrata Banerjee's chamber in the Assembly, and insisted that it did not signify any change in his political position.
Mamata Banerjee, who is facing one of the biggest challenges of her political life, said those who remain with her will be her “greatest strength”, and she will rebuild the Trinamool Congress with them
Though she did not name the Congress or the CPI(M), her remarks were seen as an appeal to the TMC's INDIA bloc partners, with whom it has maintained an uneasy relationship in West Bengal despite being part of the national opposition alliance
Abhishek Banerjee is 38 years old. He entered politics at 25 and received exposure that few regional leaders of his generation got
Rebels accuse Mamata Banerjee of milking the martyrs’ sacrifice for her political gains while favouring her own family over others
The legal notice comes days after Madan Mitra joined the faction led by Ritabrata Banerjee.
Action comes days after Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and other breakaway TMC MPs got separate seats, weeks after she accused Banerjee of misogynistic conduct.
Dispute between two rival groups of Trinamool Congress has been brewing over the past two days over who will be given priority in speaking in the House during discussions
After joining the NCPI, the MPs expressed their allegiance to the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance. A prominent member of the group, Sudip Bandyopadhyay, recently met with the Prime Minister