West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose will hear the disqualification plea against 10 rebel TMC MLAs, including Leader of Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee, amid the ongoing TMC factional dispute.
Kolkata: Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly and expelled Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Ritabrata Banerjee on Friday said he has not spoken to any parliamentarian in the last seven days and, therefore, does not know what they will do. Speaking to ANI, Banerjee said he has not been in touch with any parliamentarians.
The internal crisis within the Trinamool Congress (TMC) deepened on Wednesday as a group of rebel MLAs, including expelled party leaders Ritabrata Banerjee and Sandipan Saha, claimed the backing of 58 legislators in the West Bengal Assembly and rejected the party leadership's choice, Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, for the post of Leader of Opposition (LoP).
As the Trinamool Congress on Monday announced the expulsion of two of its legislators in West Bengal, namely Sandipan Saha from Entally Assembly constituency in North Kolkata and Ritabrata Banerjee from Uluberia (Purba)
