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Two factions, two directions: TMC split exposes ideological divide

The unfolding crisis within the TMC presents one of the most unusual paradoxes in recent West Bengal history: a simultaneous fragmentation of the party's legislative and parliamentary wings each charting sharply divergent ideological directions, yet both claiming to represent the "real" political essence of the organisation. The majority of MLAs, who formed the breakaway faction of the TMC's legislative party and secured legitimacy in the state assembly, vowed "constructive opposition" and simultaneously positioned themselves against the BJP's politics in Bengal, while the rebel Lok Sabha parliamentarians of the party followed suit five days later, only to pledge their allegiance to the BJP-led NDA. Both factions sought to legitimise their actions by invoking the cause of broader "development of Bengal", contending that the state's progress had been "impeded" during the Mamata Banerjee regime. On June 3, expelled MLA Ritabrata Banerjee, backed by a bloc of 58 of 80 TMC legislators

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