Archive · 22 Sep 2026
NCPI Unveils Committee, Gives Rebel TMC MPs Key Posts
The NCPI is a political party that has recently welcomed many former TMC lawmakers.
It announced a new team to run the party nationally.
Seven of the former TMC MPs received important jobs in this team.
Jyoti Prokash Chatterjee became the national president.
Yusuf Pathan, Deepak Adhikari Dev and Rachana Banerjee were among those named vice-presidents.
However, Sudip Bandyopadhyay and Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar were left off the list.
The former TMC MPs are also facing requests to remove them from Parliament.
They say joining the NCPI was a legal merger, while the disqualification petition challenges that position.
The issue is now part of a wider political dispute involving the NCPI, TMC and the NDA.
The Nationalist Citizens Party of India announced a 27-member national organisational structure.
Seven of 20 former Trinamool Congress MPs who joined the NCPI received organisational posts.
Jyoti Prokash Chatterjee was appointed national president, while Yusuf Pathan, Deepak Adhikari Dev, Rachana Banerjee and others became vice-presidents.
Senior rebel TMC MPs Sudip Bandyopadhyay and Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar were not included among the new office-bearers.
The appointments came as the MPs face disqualification petitions, with the rebels arguing that their move constituted a valid merger.
- Who
- The Nationalist Citizens Party of India, former Trinamool Congress MPs and other leaders who joined the NCPI.
- What
- The NCPI announced a new 27-member national organisational structure, giving seven former TMC MPs key posts.
- When
- The announcement was reported on September 22, nearly four months after 20 former TMC MPs joined the NCPI.
- Where
- The announcement concerned the NCPI's national organisation and its organisational consolidation in West Bengal.
- Why
- The NCPI said the restructuring would consolidate its organisation after an influx of TMC leaders and lawmakers, while the former MPs face disqualification proceedings.
NCPI and Rebel MPs
TMC and Disqualification Petitioners
Validity of the move
NCPI and Rebel MPs
The former TMC MPs maintain that joining the NCPI constituted a valid merger and have aligned themselves with the BJP-led NDA.
TMC and Disqualification Petitioners
TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee sought action against the MPs after they left the Trinamool Congress and joined the NCPI.
Parliamentary status
NCPI and Rebel MPs
The NCPI has given several former TMC MPs formal organisational responsibilities while their parliamentary status remains unresolved.
TMC and Disqualification Petitioners
The MPs face petitions seeking their disqualification under the anti-defection law, and the matter has reached the Supreme Court.
Political identity
NCPI and Rebel MPs
The BJP has described the NCPI as a separate political force within the NDA.
TMC and Disqualification Petitioners
The appointments underscore the political realignment created by the departure of 20 TMC MPs following the West Bengal Assembly elections.
- National president
- Jyoti Prokash Chatterjee
- New organisational structure
- 27 national office-bearers
- Former TMC MPs involved
- 20 joined the NCPI; seven received organisational posts
- Vice-presidents named
- Yusuf Pathan, Deepak Adhikari Dev, Abu Taher Khan, Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia, Rachana Banerjee and Chandrima Panja
- General secretaries
- Uttiya Kundu, Mitali Bag, Bapi Halder, Sulekha Bhunia, Vivek Mishra and Shuvendu Chakraborty
- Disqualification proceedings
- Petitions against the 20 former TMC MPs were issued under the anti-defection law
- Response sought
- The rebel MPs sought another four weeks to respond to notices from Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla