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The Fall of TMC? How Internal Rebellion is Handing Bengal to the BJP
| Jun 11, 2026, 08:39:56 PM | TOI.in
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Following a historic defeat in the 2026 West Bengal elections, the Trinamool Congress faces an unprecedented internal rebellion as nearly three-quarters of its state legislators and a significant faction of Parliament members openly defy Mamata Banerjee’s leadership. This mass defection not only threatens a formal split within the party but also severely weakens the national INDIA bloc alliance while directly empowering the BJP's organizational machine. As dissident support reshapes parliamentary arithmetic and fragments the remaining 41 percent opposition vote share in Bengal, this crisis mirrors previous regional party collapses in Maharashtra, Odisha, and Bihar, signaling a permanent and fundamental shift in the balance of power from traditional regional forces to the BJP.
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