So, finally, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) parliamentary party has formally split, mirroring its legislature party in West Bengal. But this time, it is different. In Kolkata, rebels are calling themselves the real Trinamool Congress, with Mamata Banerjee as their chief adviser, but at the national level, it has merged into a party with no relationship with Mamata Banerjee. Now this group is called the National Citizens Party. So, it is complicated.

So, TMC, as it was known before, has split twice: once at the state level, where it is not officially acknowledging the split but claiming to be the ‘real’ TMC, and again at the national level with a new name. Then there are those with Mamata Banerjee: roughly 20 MLAs, 8 Lok Sabha MPs, and a few Rajya Sabha MPs (deliberately not putting a number, as three MPs have already resigned from the Rajya Sabha and many more may follow). So, as of now, there are three entities.

TMC Split And Emerging FactionsThis is a rare phenomenon in Indian politics. Now nobody knows whether those who split into two groups belong to the same group or whether both will become distinct entities in the future. If they belong to the same group, will they merge later? But one thing is certain in this gala stage of confusion: TMC has been demolished at the BJP's behest. Now the moot question is what kind of relationship these two groups will have with the BJP.

At the national level, there........

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