It’s the Trinamool Congress versus Trinamool Congress. After 20 Lok Sabha MPs wrote to Speaker Om Birla seeking to formally join the BJP-led NDA parliamentary party, Mamata Banerjee loyalists on Monday slammed their fellow members, accusing them of being “greedy traitors”.In a post on X, Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra, while reminding the breakaway group that they had contested elections on TMC tickets, said: “Mandate was NOT for NDA. All the greedy, self-serving traitors can please join BJP now – resign your seats and contest on BJP ticket. Let’s see what big heroes you are.”Meanwhile, Kirti Azad dismissed claims of large-scale defections, calling them a “fake and fabricated narrative” being pushed by BJP. Refuting reports that 20 MPs were set to join NDA, Azad said only 13 MPs — 12 from the Lok Sabha and one from the Rajya Sabha — had attended a meeting at the residence of BJP leader Bhupender Yadav. “No one else has signed on the dotted line apart from them,” he claimed.Azad further accused Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar of wrongly projecting herself as the party’s chief whip to the Lok Sabha Speaker. He said her removal and the appointment of Kalyan Banerjee as chief whip had already been communicated to Speaker Om Birla by TMC chairperson Mamata Banerjee last month.“The question is, for how long will BJP keep hoodwinking the people?” Azad said.Earlier in the day, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray resigned as TMC MP in the Rajya Sabha. His resignation was accepted by the Chairman.


