Rebel TMC MPs to meet Lok Sabha Speaker, seek recognition as 'real TMC' | What we know so far

The crisis in the Trinamool Congress further worsened as a group of rebel MPs claiming the support of 19 Lok Sabha members on Friday said that they would meet Speaker Om Birla next week to seek recognition as the "real TMC" parliamentary group, a move that the Mamata Banerjee-led party dismissed as legally untenable under the anti-defection law.