| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The fight within the TMC is not just over control of the party but also over Rs 1000 crore lying in the party's accounts.
TMC funds battle
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
After a rebel-faction complaint on 19 June, police froze TMC's three bank accounts holding Rs 440 crore on 20 June, and today (2 July) the High Court refused to unfreeze them while questioning the police's haste.
TMC account freeze
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Under the anti-defection law in the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution, a rebel faction of a party gets recognition only if two-thirds of the MLAs or MPs are with the rebels.
anti-defection law
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Of TMC's 28 Lok Sabha MPs, 20 have broken away (above the two-thirds mark of 19), and 4 of its 13 Rajya Sabha MPs have already resigned, leaving Mamata's faction with 8 Lok Sabha and 9 Rajya Sabha MPs.
TMC MP split
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Of TMC's 80 MLAs in the West Bengal assembly, 58 are with the rebel faction — more than the two-thirds threshold — while only 22 remain with Mamata Banerjee.
TMC MLA split
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Under rebel leader Ritabrata Banerjee, a representatives' meeting in Kolkata on 22 June elected a new TMC president and vice-president and formed a 30-member new national executive.
TMC rebel leadership
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
For the first time since the TMC split, the rebel faction today met the Election Commission's full bench, including Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, and sought recognition of the party's new national executive as the real TMC.
TMC split EC recognition
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
CM Yogi Adityanath is going to settle scores with each donation thief and will silence those who make religion-based allegations.
Yogi crackdown
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Congress leader K.C. Venugopal has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the donation theft, alleging the SIT probe is a sham that shields big people.
Congress probe demand
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The SIT returned to the Ram Mandir today and began a fresh round of investigation.
SIT investigation
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Neither the SIT nor the police can determine how much was stolen because there is no written record of anonymous (gupt) donations placed in the donation boxes.
donation record-keeping
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Even if Champat Rai steps down as general secretary, he can remain a member of the trust because under the rules the post and the membership are separate.
trust membership rules
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust will meet on 6 July to decide on the resignations of Champat Rai and Anil Mishra, and accepting the resignations requires a two-thirds majority under the trust's bylaws.
trust resignation decision
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The Faizabad Bar Association has filed a written complaint at the Ram Janmabhoomi police station seeking an FIR against Champat Rai, Anil Mishra and Gopal Rao over the large-scale theft of devotees' cash and jewellery.
FIR demand trust officials
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The Enforcement Directorate will enter the investigation into the financial irregularities in the Ram Mandir donation theft case.
ED investigation
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
According to the police report, a large portion of the stolen donation money was squandered during the Maha Kumbh.
stolen money spending
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
What happened in Maharashtra is repeating here: in the Eknath Shinde versus Uddhav Thackeray dispute, the party and its symbol went to Shinde, and the rebel became the rightful claimant of the original party.
Maharashtra split parallel
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The legal battle over control of the party funds will drag on for a long time, as neither faction is willing to negotiate.
party funds litigation
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The situation currently does not look favorable for Mamata Banerjee.
Mamata's political decline
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
On June 30 the High Court refused an urgent hearing of TMC's petition, saying it would not treat the matter as a special case.
TMC court petition
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Today, July 2, the High Court refused to unfreeze TMC's bank accounts, though it did question the police over why the accounts were frozen so hastily, the day after the FIR.
account unfreeze plea
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
On June 19 the rebel faction filed a police complaint demanding an investigation into the source of funds in TMC's party accounts, and the very next day, June 20, police froze all three TMC bank accounts containing ₹440 crore.
account freeze
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The fight within the TMC is not just over control of the party but also over ₹1000 crore lying in the party's accounts.
TMC party funds
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The final decision on recognizing the rebel faction rests with Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose in the state Assembly, Om Birla in the Lok Sabha, and Chairman C.P. Radhakrishnan in the Rajya Sabha.
recognition deciding authorities
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| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The West Bengal Assembly Speaker has recognized the TMC rebel faction, and in the Lok Sabha the rebel TMC MPs have merged into the NCPI.
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