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NCPI MPs meet Modi; rebel TMC MLAs meet Bengal CM
The Hindu··8 Aug
MPs of the Nationalist Citizens Party of India met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a breakfast meeting in Delhi on August 7, while rebel Trinamool MLAs met West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari in Kolkata. About thirteen MLAs from the Ritabrata Banerjee camp raised Special Intensive Revision concerns. NCPI MPs had earlier declared support for the NDA.
Prism
What It Means For You
- West Bengal voters can see former Trinamool factions engaging separately with the Prime Minister and the state Chief Minister.
- Electors affected by SIR can note rebel MLAs sought more tribunals and more time to appeal deletions.
- Anyone tracking NDA numbers can watch NCPI's breakfast meeting as part of integrating recent parliamentary entrants.
What's Happening
- NCPI MPs met Prime Minister Modi at a Delhi breakfast meeting on August 7.
- Rebel Trinamool MLAs met Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari in Kolkata the same day.
- The Kolkata meeting focused on SIR deletions and limited tribunal access for appeals.
How The Trinamool Split Reached This Point
- In June, about twenty rebel Trinamool Lok Sabha MPs moved to NCPI and announced NDA support.
- Speaker decisions on anti-defection petitions against the defectors remain a pending institutional question.
- A parallel Ritabrata Banerjee-led Assembly faction is negotiating state-level grievances while criticising the old party leadership.
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