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Yusuf Pathan, Shatrughan Sinha named in TMC rebel list
NDTV··10 Jun
NDTV reported that Yusuf Pathan, Shatrughan Sinha, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and Saayoni Ghosh are among 19 Trinamool Lok Sabha MPs who submitted a letter to Speaker Om Birla expressing a desire to ally with the BJP-led NDA.
Prism
What It Means For You
- For Bengal voters, the rebellion may change how their MPs vote in Parliament even if they were elected on a Trinamool ticket.
- If the anti-defection threshold is met, the split could become a legal parliamentary realignment rather than ordinary individual defection.
- Opposition politics may become more fragmented if a large regional party loses both legislative and parliamentary cohesion.
What's Happening
- Sources said 19 Trinamool Lok Sabha MPs have written to the Speaker seeking to align with the NDA.
- The list reportedly includes Yusuf Pathan, Shatrughan Sinha, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and Saayoni Ghosh.
- The rebellion follows Assembly-level dissent and resignations by senior Trinamool Rajya Sabha members.
Anti-Defection Arithmetic
- India's anti-defection law can protect a merger if at least two-thirds of a party's legislators support it.
- Trinamool has 28 Lok Sabha MPs, making 19 the critical number for the rebel bloc.
- Recognition by parliamentary authorities will be central to whether the move survives legally.
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