Abhishek Banerjee urges Lok Sabha speaker not to recognise rebel TMC bloc

Ahead of TMC rebel MPs’ meeting the speaker to seek recognition as “real TMC”, MPs from party chief Mamata Banerjee’s camp Kirti Azad and Sagarika Ghosh submitted Abhishek’s letter — dated June 10, sent through email earlier — at Birla’s residence here, arguing the Constitution does not permit formation of a separate group within an existing political party.