Opposition walks out of all-party meeting over presence of rebel Trinamool faction
Opposition parties briefly walked out of an all-party meeting to protest the presence of a breakaway TMC faction. The opposition claims the faction's merger into the NCPI is not legally recognized by the Speaker.
Why it matters
This event underscores the procedural and political tensions within the Indian Parliament ahead of the Monsoon Session.
Opposition parties walked out of the all-party meeting convened by the Centre on Sunday (July 19, 2026), in protest of the presence of a breakaway TMC faction that claims to have joined the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI), a Tripura-based party, ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament.
They returned to the meeting within a few minutes.
Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra said that “the merger of the 20 MPs with NCPI has not been approved by the Speaker”.
“As per the information put out by the table office of Lok Sabha, TMC’s strength is 28. This merger has not been accepted. So, calling them for the meeting would not be right,” she said.
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