Overview
- Koel Mallick resigned from the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, reducing Trinamool Congress strength in the Upper House to nine and prompting speculation she may join the BJP and be renominated.
- TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee challenged rebel leaders to return to Mamata Banerjee and said he would resign within an hour if any did, framing defections as trades for protection from central investigative agencies.
- Local authorities began demolishing Abhishek Banerjee’s Amtala party office on Saturday for alleged lack of approved plans, an action he called politically motivated and said he would contest in court.
- Senior leader Madan Mitra declared for the Ritabrata Banerjee faction then turned up at a Mamata‑loyalist assembly protest, illustrating fluid loyalties and parallel organisational claims inside the party.
- Formal decisions by the Lok Sabha Speaker and the Election Commission on MP mergers and faction recognition remain pending and will determine party funds, the symbol and parliamentary arithmetic with possible re‑nominations changing national balances.