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The Economic Times
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Rebel TMC MPs announce merger with Nationalist Citizens Party, seek separate seating in Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha TMC Om Birla the Trinamool Congress

New Delhi, The rebellion in the Trinamool Congress appeared to reach a crescendo on Sunday as dissident MPs announced their merger with the Nationalist Citizens Party and met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla seeking a separate seating arrangement in the House.

Speaking to reporters after meeting the Speaker, rebel MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar claimed that two-thirds of the TMC's Lok Sabha members had submitted a letter seeking recognition as a separate group.

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