Ritabrata Banerjee Is Bengal LoP: How TMC Split, Explained

Expelled TMC MLA Ritabrata Banerjee is now West Bengal's Leader of Opposition

First split in Trinamool's 28-year history, after BJP's 2026 landslide reduced it to 80 seats

Rebels claim 58 of 80 MLAs, crossing the two-thirds anti-defection threshold (~54)

BJP Speaker Rathindra Bose recognised the breakaway group as the principal opposition

Rebels back Mamata as 'chief advisor' but say Abhishek Banerjee has 'no role'

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