20 Rebel TMC MPs to Merge with Nationalist Citizens Party of India

New Delhi. After many days of speculation, 20 rebel MPs of Trinamool Congress finally informed Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in New Delhi about their decision to merge with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI).

The rebel MPs have decided to merge with a registered regional political party instead of forming a separate group within the Trinamool Congress. It is said that such a decision has been taken to avoid legal complications that may arise under the anti-defection law. According to that law, if two-thirds of the MPs or MLAs of a political party decide to merge with another party, then both sides, those going to the new party and those staying in the old party, are not disqualified.