Defected MPs ‘gaddar team’, TMC is led by Mamata: Saugata Roy

TMC leader Saugata Roy on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, termed the separatist group as a “team of traitors”, alleging that the defected MPs were working at the behest of the BJP-led NDA.

Mr Roy made the remarks in a statement in which the rebel group sought the support of two-thirds of the party’s MPs in the Lok Sabha and announced plans to merge with the Nationalist Citizens’ Party of India (NCPI), a hitherto little-known group.

“There are two teams; the TMC team and Grim team,” Mr. Roy said.

The senior MP said the Trinamool Congress is led by Mamata Banerjee, carries the party’s twin flower symbol and is part of the Opposition INDIA bloc.Grim team” complies with the NDA.

“The TMC team is led by Mamata Banerjee. Grim Mr Roy said the team was led by Narendra Modi.

“The symbol of the TMC team is the much-loved twin flowers” (Jora Phool). symbol Grim “The team is the tip of the pen,” he said.

Mr Roy also came down hard on the rebels over their decision to merge with the NCPI, a party registered with the Election Commission, in 2023.

He said the Trinamool Congress won nearly 41% of the votes in West Bengal in the last Assembly elections despite what it described as attempts by the BJP to misuse central institutions.

“TMC team got almost 41% of votes in Bengal despite BJP stealing, looting and capturing all agencies in the last elections. Gaddar team???” he said.

These remarks came amid an escalating crisis in the Trinamool Congress after around 20 party MPs announced that they would merge with the NCPI and support the NDA.

The fugitive MPs met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla seeking a separate seating arrangement in the House and also stated that they would claim recognition as the “real TMC”.

Mr Birla is expected to listen to the Mamata Banerjee-led faction as well as TMC MPs before deciding to recognize the breakaway faction.