Deepak Adhikari, known as Dev, and Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, both Trinamool Congress MPs, departed from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport for New Delhi [1].
The travel occurs during a period of significant internal instability for the Trinamool Congress. The movement of high-profile lawmakers to the capital suggests a potential shift in party loyalty or a high-stakes effort to resolve internal disputes.
According to reports, the MPs traveled to Delhi to attend meetings with the Lok Sabha Speaker and senior party leaders [2]. This trip comes as the party faces a deepening political storm characterized by dissent from within its own ranks.
The crisis has manifested in several high-level meetings between party dissidents and opposing political figures. At least 20 rebel MPs met with Bhupender Yadav to discuss switching their allegiance to the BJP [2]. Such movements indicate a fragile state of cohesion within the party's legislative delegation.
Further instability has appeared at the state level. Last week, 58 lawmakers backed rebel leader Ritabrata Banerjee [3]. Additionally, 14 rebel MLAs have reportedly met with Suvendu Adhikari to discuss their potential exit from the party [3].
These developments follow a pattern of churn within the party leadership. Earlier, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar quit all party posts amid a broadside against the leadership [4]. The coordinated travel of MPs like Adhikari and Dastidar to the capital highlights the urgency of the current political friction.
“Deepak Adhikari and Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar departed from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport for New Delhi.”
The movement of key Trinamool Congress figures to New Delhi, coupled with reported meetings between rebel MPs and BJP leadership, suggests a coordinated effort to challenge the current party hierarchy. If a significant bloc of lawmakers defects or formally distances itself from the leadership, it could weaken the party's leverage in the Lok Sabha and signal a broader realignment of political power in West Bengal.
