Trinamool’s Kakoli Dastidar Says 20 MPs Will Support NDA

A group of Trinamool 28 MPs now say they want to join the NDA. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, who was upset with the party after being removed from the post of the Whip, said going by the people’s verdict, they believe that their “future political course should be aligned with the NDA”.

Nearly 20 Trinamool MPs, including her, “have decided to write to Speaker Om Birla and formally convey our desire to be part of the NDA,” Ghosh Dastidar told reporters today.

Rebel Trinamool MP Sharmila Sarkar told , “We are forming a different bloc of 20 MPs and going to give support to the NDA. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar is our chief whip and Shatabdi Roy is our deputy leader”.

The move mirrors the events in West Bengal, where 58 MLAs – led by expelled rebel Ritabrata Banerjee – have formed a bloc, and taking a page out of the Shiv Sena’s book, claim to be the “real” Trinamool.(UPDATED ON 8TH JUNE 2026)