Saayoni Ghosh; Mamata Banerjee; Yusuf Pathan
NEW DELHI: The list with names of 19 of the 20 rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MPs is finally out, with former cricketer Yusuf Pathan and Saayoni Ghosh among signatories of a letter to Speaker Om Birla’s office.The rebels submitted their letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker on May 18, ANI reported. The breakaway faction is led by senior party leader Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar. Also Read | The great TMC split: How a rebellion in Bengal could reshape Parliament’s power arithmetic With 28 members, TMC is the third largest opposition party in the Lok Sabha behind the Congress (99) and Samajwadi Party (37).The rebel faction’s strength of 19 MPs, which is two-thirds of the party’s strength, allows them to bypass the anti-defection law. They insist that they would not join the BJP-led ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and would only support it.Here’s the full list:(1.) Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar(2.) Satabdi Doy(3.) Bapi Haldar(4.) Sharmila Sarkar(5.) Sharmila Bandhyopadhyay(6.) Jagdish Barma Basunia(7.) Asit Kumar Mal(8.) Arup Chakraborty(9.) Rachna Banerjee(10.) Saayoni Ghosh(11.) Khalilur Rahman(12.) Abu Taher Khan(13.) Yusuf Pathan(14.) Mitali Baig(15.) Mala Roy(16.) Kalipada Soren(17.) Deepak Adhikari(18.) June Malia(19.) Partha BhowmickTMC had earlier faced a rebellion among its legislators, with expelled MLA Ritabrata Banerjee claiming that 58 out of 80 TMC MLAs were recognised in the West Bengal Assembly as part of the opposition group. Also Read: ‘TMC rebellion reflects internal frustration and pressure put by BJP’Trinamool supremo and former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is facing internal revolt after its defeat in the April assembly elections, which ended its 15-year rule in the state. TMC was defeated by the BJP, which has come to power in the state for the first time.Three of its Rajya Sabha MPs have also resigned from both the Upper House and the party.
