Overview
- The INDIA bloc met in New Delhi on Monday, June 8, to coordinate legal and parliamentary action and to plan further joint meetings and a letter to the Chief Justice over the Special Intensive Revision of rolls.
- During the meeting day TMC veteran Sukhendu Sekhar Roy resigned from the Rajya Sabha and quit the party, citing corruption and other grievances.
- About 20 TMC Lok Sabha MPs, led publicly by Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla seeking separate recognition and held a closed-door meeting with senior BJP figures at Union minister Bhupender Yadav’s residence.
- The rebels’ numbers matter because two-thirds of a party’s MPs in a House are needed to avoid disqualification under the anti-defection law; for TMC’s 28 seats that threshold is roughly 19, which the breakaway group now exceeds on paper.
- Rebel MPs say aligning with the NDA will aid development in Bengal while INDIA leaders say the split undermines opposition checks on the government; the dispute will determine who controls TMC’s parliamentary rights and could change how MPs represent constituents and pursue legislation.