Top news of the day: 20 Trinamool MPs meet Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav in Delhi; INDIA bloc demands Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation, and more
Internal turmoil within the Trinamool Congress has intensified as several MPs met with a BJP leader, and a senior member resigned from the Rajya Sabha. Simultaneously, the INDIA bloc met to discuss democratic values and public issues.
Why it matters
The potential fracturing of a major regional party in India could significantly shift the balance of power in the national political landscape.
The rebellion in Trinamool Congress reached the national capital on Monday (June 8, 2026) with several of its MPs holding a meeting at Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata PartyWest Bengal observer Bhupendra Yadav’s residence. Photographs emerging from the meeting showed several Trinamool parliamentarians — Howrah MP Prasun Banerjee, Bankura MP Anup Chakraborty, Cooch Behar MP Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia, Bolpur Lok Sabha MP Asit Kumar Mal, Birbhum MP Satabdi Roy, Jhargram MP Kalipada Soren and Bardhaman Purba MP Sharmila Sarkar — holding a meeting.
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