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Mamata Predicts Disqualification of 20 Rebel TMC MPs
Mamata Banerjee said 20 politicians who left her party may soon lose their parliamentary seats.
The Lok Sabha Secretariat has asked them to answer complaints against them within seven days.
The complaints say they broke the anti-defection law.
Banerjee spoke at a student-wing rally in Kolkata.
She also accused the BJP and police of treating her supporters unfairly.
She said her party would return to power in West Bengal.
Her faction gave money and support to hawkers who said they had lost their livelihoods.
Ritabrata Banerjee criticized Mamata’s faction and said it was working with the BJP.
He also demanded elections for student unions in colleges.
Mamata Banerjee said 20 rebel Trinamool Congress MPs are likely to be disqualified soon.
The Lok Sabha Secretariat gave the MPs seven days to respond to disqualification petitions.
The petitions were filed by TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee under the anti-defection law.
Banerjee accused the BJP, police and Election Commission of political oppression and election interference.
Opposition leader Ritabrata Banerjee accused the Mamata-led faction of colluding with the BJP and avoiding student elections.
- Who
- Mamata Banerjee, 20 rebel Trinamool Congress MPs, Abhishek Banerjee and Opposition leader Ritabrata Banerjee.
- What
- A dispute over the possible disqualification of 20 rebel MPs, alongside competing political accusations at a Kolkata rally.
- Where
- Kolkata, West Bengal; the rally was held on Cathedral Road after a Calcutta High Court order.
- When
- Friday; the Lok Sabha Secretariat had issued notices days earlier requiring responses within seven days.
- Why
- Abhishek Banerjee sought disqualification of the MPs under the anti-defection law after they defected to the Nationalist Citizens Party of India.
Mamata-led Trinamool Congress faction
Rebel faction and opposition critics
MP disqualification
Mamata-led Trinamool Congress faction
Mamata Banerjee said the 20 rebel MPs’ disqualification was only a matter of time after the notices from the Lok Sabha Secretariat.
Rebel faction and opposition critics
The rebel MPs were asked to submit their responses to the disqualification petitions; the article does not state their responses.
Political conduct
Mamata-led Trinamool Congress faction
Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of capturing Bengal through theft and alleged police and election-related oppression.
Rebel faction and opposition critics
Ritabrata Banerjee accused the Mamata-led faction of colluding with the BJP and criticized it over alleged corruption and student-election inaction.
Student politics
Mamata-led Trinamool Congress faction
The rally was organized by the Trinamool Chhatra Parishad, the TMC’s student wing.
Rebel faction and opposition critics
Ritabrata Banerjee said student leaders would protest for college student-union elections and criticized the appointment of MLAs and MPs to educational management committees.
Key facts
- Rebel MPs
- 20 Trinamool Congress MPs are facing disqualification petitions.
- Response deadline
- The Lok Sabha Secretariat gave the MPs seven days to respond.
- Petitioner
- The petitions were filed by TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee.
- Rally occasion
- The event marked the foundation day of the Trinamool Chhatra Parishad, the TMC’s student wing.
- Rally venue
- The Calcutta High Court directed the Mamata faction to use Cathedral Road and the rebel faction to use Rani Rashmoni Road.
- Political prediction
- Mamata Banerjee said the Trinamool Congress would return to power in West Bengal soon.
- Hawker assistance
- Ten hawkers who alleged harassment during an eviction drive were brought onstage and offered financial assistance.
Quotes
Mamata Banerjee
Former West Bengal chief minister and TMC leader
“The BJP has no organisation. It captured Bengal by theft. It is pressuring the police to do its work across the state. This time, I will file a case against the police. This kind of oppression cannot be allowed.”
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“Do not worry. Another change will unfold in Bengal. Soon, the Trinamool Congress will return to power. The BJP’s own people will answer the BJP.”
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Sources
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