Mahua Moitra Challenges Rebel TMC Faction to Resign

Moitra took to the platform X to label the dissenters as self-serving, framing their potential defection as a betrayal of the voters who backed them under the TMC ticket. She specifically targeted Yusuf Pathan in her critique, while the internal rift gained clarity after Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar confirmed the group's intentions to pivot toward the ruling coalition. The defecting faction claims to have secured the support of nearly 20 MPs, a threshold they believe could satisfy the requirements of the anti-defection law to execute a formal merger. By urging these members to resign and run as BJP candidates, Moitra is forcing a test of whether their influence is tied to their personal brand or the party mandate that originally carried them to victory.