Archive · 30 Jul 2026
TMC Demands Disqualification of 20 Rebel MPs
The Trinamool Congress is a big political party in India.
Some of its members left the party and joined another group that supports the ruling party.
The Trinamool leaders want the government to remove these 20 members from Parliament because they think the members broke the rules.
They say the ruling party is using government tools to split the Trinamool party.
The leaders have written to the Election Commission and are holding protests to get the government to act quickly.
Trinamool Congress demands disqualification of 20 rebel MPs under the anti‑defection law.
Rebel MPs joined the Nationalist Citizens Party of India and support the NDA.
Kunal Ghosh and Kalyan Banerjee staged protests and filed petitions against the MPs.
Mamata Banerjee wrote to the Election Commission urging a swift inquiry.
The MPs attended an NDA meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, heightening the controversy.
- Who
- Trinamool Congress leaders Kunal Ghosh, Kalyan Banerjee, and chairperson Mamata Banerjee
- What
- Demand for the immediate disqualification of 20 rebel MPs who defected to the Nationalist Citizens Party of India
- When
- July 2024
- Where
- New Delhi, Kolkata, and West Bengal
- Why
- Alleged defection and misuse of state machinery to weaken the Trinamool Congress
- Party demanding disqualification
- Trinamool Congress
- Number of rebel MPs
- 20
- Defection party
- Nationalist Citizens Party of India
- Key figures
- Kunal Ghosh, Kalyan Banerjee, Mamata Banerjee
- Action requested
- Immediate disqualification under anti‑defection law