The insurgent Trinamool camp consists of state and district committees
The West Bengal LoP and the insurgent unit of the TMC, led by Ritabrata Banerjee. File | Photo credit: ANI
The Ritabrata Banerjee camp of the party, which has stepped up its efforts to portray itself as the original Trinamool Congress, announced its state and district committees on Saturday.
The rebel faction has the support of about 65 of the 80 MLAs in the 294-member West Bengal Assembly.
The rebels announced district presidents for 26 organizational districts. They include sitting MLAs and former loyalists of party chief Mamata Banerjee. Trinamool leader Anubrata Mondal, who was considered a loyalist of Ms. Banerjee, was nominated as the Birbhum district president of the rebel camp.
Other notable names include Narendranath Chakraborty, who has been nominated as district president Paschim Bardhaman, Debasish Kumar from Kolkata South and MLA Emani Biswas as party leader of Jangigur organizational constituency.
Chanchal MLA Prasun Banerjee has been appointed as the chief spokesperson of the party.
The rebel faction also announced that it will hold its annual Martyrs’ Day event on Kolkata’s Mayo Road in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue.
The Kolkata Police denied permission to both the group led by Ms. Banerjee and the Ritabrata faction to hold the annual Martyrs’ Day rally outside Victoria House in Kolkata.
Former Trinamool Congress MLA from Panihati Nirmal Ghosh is also trying to warm to the rebel camp.
Several meetings have been held in the Ritabrata camp in recent days. Mr Ghosh, who went missing after being questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the RG Kar rape and murder case recently, was seen at a meeting place of Trinamool rebels.
Leader of Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee said “no decision has been taken” regarding former Panihati MLA. “Even when he came, there was no discussion,” Mr. Banerjee said.
Other leaders who were seen at the meeting at the Ritabrata Banerjee camp were former Rajya Sabha MP Shantanu Sen, Trinamool candidate from Ashoknagar Narayan Goswami and Behala councilor Sushant Ghosh.
Published – 12 Jul 2026 02:23 IST