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Aaj Ki Baat | Rajat Sharma: ममता के सांसद कहां चले गए? | TMC Splits | Mamata Banerjee | Bengal | NDA
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Mamata Banerjee made Kunal Ghosh party spokesperson just last week, and today he is echoing the rebels and questioning the party leadership.
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| 2026-06-08 |
Aaj Ki Baat | Rajat Sharma: ममता के सांसद कहां चले गए? | TMC Splits | Mamata Banerjee | Bengal | NDA
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Kirti Azad calls Kakoli Ghosh's claim of 20 MPs false, yet by his own count 16-17 MPs have gone over, a difference of only two or three.
TMC denial contradiction
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| 2026-06-08 |
Aaj Ki Baat | Rajat Sharma: ममता के सांसद कहां चले गए? | TMC Splits | Mamata Banerjee | Bengal | NDA
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Kakoli Ghosh says 20 TMC MPs have written a letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker requesting separate seating arrangements for them.
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| 2026-06-08 |
Aaj Ki Baat | Rajat Sharma: ममता के सांसद कहां चले गए? | TMC Splits | Mamata Banerjee | Bengal | NDA
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Present at the meeting were TMC chief whip Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar along with MPs Prasun Banerjee, Satabdi Roy, Asit Kumar, Bapi Haldar, June Malia, Jagadish Basunia, Kalipada Soren, Arup Chakraborty, Partha Bhowmick and Sarmila Sarkar.
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| 2026-06-08 |
Aaj Ki Baat | Rajat Sharma: ममता के सांसद कहां चले गए? | TMC Splits | Mamata Banerjee | Bengal | NDA
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When the TMC MPs went to meet Bhupendra Yadav at his house, Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari was also present there.
Suvendu at defection meeting
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| 2026-06-08 |
Aaj Ki Baat | Rajat Sharma: ममता के सांसद कहां चले गए? | TMC Splits | Mamata Banerjee | Bengal | NDA
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TMC has 28 Lok Sabha MPs; splitting from the party requires 19 MPs together under the anti-defection threshold, and the rebel group has 20, so the numbers clearly meet the requirement.
anti-defection numbers
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| 2026-06-08 |
Aaj Ki Baat | Rajat Sharma: ममता के सांसद कहां चले गए? | TMC Splits | Mamata Banerjee | Bengal | NDA
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TMC MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy also resigned his Rajya Sabha membership today.
Rajya Sabha resignation
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| 2026-06-08 |
Aaj Ki Baat | Rajat Sharma: ममता के सांसद कहां चले गए? | TMC Splits | Mamata Banerjee | Bengal | NDA
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While Mamata Banerjee was meeting INDIA alliance leaders in Delhi, TMC MPs were sitting at Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav's house.
TMC MPs meet minister
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| 2026-06-08 |
Aaj Ki Baat | Rajat Sharma: ममता के सांसद कहां चले गए? | TMC Splits | Mamata Banerjee | Bengal | NDA
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Under Kakoli Ghosh's leadership, 20 TMC MPs have decided to go with the NDA.
TMC MPs join NDA
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| 2026-06-08 |
Aaj Ki Baat | Rajat Sharma: ममता के सांसद कहां चले गए? | TMC Splits | Mamata Banerjee | Bengal | NDA
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After the assembly split, Mamata Banerjee's party has now also split in the Lok Sabha: more than two-thirds of TMC MPs — 20 out of 28 — have rebelled and separated from the party.
TMC Lok Sabha split
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| 2026-06-04 |
Aaj Ki Baat | Rajat Sharma: नवाज शरीफ हुकूमत पर क्यों बरसे? | Pakistan | Rahul Gandhi | Bengal | TMC
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In the Maharashtra Legislative Council elections, Mahayuti candidates won six of 17 seats unopposed today after all rival candidates withdrew their nominations; voting on the remaining 11 seats is on 18 June.
Maharashtra MLC elections
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| 2026-06-04 |
Aaj Ki Baat | Rajat Sharma: नवाज शरीफ हुकूमत पर क्यों बरसे? | Pakistan | Rahul Gandhi | Bengal | TMC
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The Lok Sabha Speaker approved DMK's request to have its MPs seated separately from Congress MPs in the Lok Sabha.
DMK seating separation
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| 2026-06-04 |
Aaj Ki Baat | Rajat Sharma: नवाज शरीफ हुकूमत पर क्यों बरसे? | Pakistan | Rahul Gandhi | Bengal | TMC
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The DMK today formally announced it is leaving the INDIA alliance and that its leaders will not attend the alliance meeting on 8 June.
DMK alliance exit
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| 2026-06-04 |
Aaj Ki Baat | Rajat Sharma: नवाज शरीफ हुकूमत पर क्यों बरसे? | Pakistan | Rahul Gandhi | Bengal | TMC
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If 20 MPs desert TMC, Mamata Banerjee's weight and influence within the INDIA alliance will diminish further.
Mamata alliance influence
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| 2026-06-04 |
Aaj Ki Baat | Rajat Sharma: नवाज शरीफ हुकूमत पर क्यों बरसे? | Pakistan | Rahul Gandhi | Bengal | TMC
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Former TMC spokesperson Riju Dutta claimed at least 20 TMC MPs are ready to leave the party and have filled application forms for the BJP.
TMC MP defections
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| 2026-06-04 |
Aaj Ki Baat | Rajat Sharma: नवाज शरीफ हुकूमत पर क्यों बरसे? | Pakistan | Rahul Gandhi | Bengal | TMC
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The Bengal Assembly Speaker said Abhishek Banerjee's letter on the Leader of Opposition issue violated rules and contained forged MLA signatures, while Ritabrata Banerjee's letter carried signatures of 58 MLAs.
Bengal LoP dispute
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| 2026-06-04 |
Aaj Ki Baat | Rajat Sharma: नवाज शरीफ हुकूमत पर क्यों बरसे? | Pakistan | Rahul Gandhi | Bengal | TMC
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Modi has never lost an election, and on 10 June he will break Nehru's record to become the longest-serving elected Prime Minister.
Modi tenure record
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