Overview
- A 10-member delegation led by Ritabrata Banerjee met the Election Commission's full bench on Thursday to press claims that their breakaway group is the legitimate Trinamool Congress.
- The ECI has sent formal notices to both Mamata Banerjee and Ritabrata Banerjee asking for written responses by 5:30 pm on July 6 about competing claims over organisational elections and authorised signatories.
- Rebel leaders say they command a legislative majority and have set up a parallel National Working Committee, and they have moved to assert control of Trinamool Bhavan in Kolkata by padlocking gates and installing a banner naming Arup Roy chair.
- Mamata Banerjee's camp rejects the rebels' authority, says only authorised party signatories may represent the TMC, and accuses the Election Commission of breaching procedure and of political bias.
- The central dispute pits legislative numbers against formal organisational rules and carries material stakes because the ECI decision could decide ownership of the party name, the twin‑flower symbol, bank signatories and trigger parallel court and police probes.