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Rebellion crisis highlights: Abhishek Banerjee gets Lok Sabha invite amid TMC crisis; ₹50 cr 'offer' to Maha MPs
Rebellion crisis highlights: After Trinamool Congress and Shiv Sena-UBT, speculation of split has hit another major opposition party, the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party, with a Uttar Pradesh minister claiming on Wednesday that the entire SP is waiting to join the BJP.
- 10:15 PM IST, June 17All updates to this live blog have ended.
- 10:14 PM IST, June 17An overview of what happened today
- 8:53 PM IST, June 17Akhilesh asserts party remains strong and united
- 7:26 PM IST, June 17Mamata Banerjee joins hawkers protest, TMC MLA reacts
- 7:07 PM IST, June 17What would be NDA's Lok Sabha tally if rebel merger is approved?
- 6:29 PM IST, June 17'Don't know anything', says MP, vows to stand by Uddhav Thackeray
- 6:10 PM IST, June 17Who are the six rebels?
- 6:00 PM IST, June 17What Abhishek Banerjee said in letter to Lok Sabha Speaker
- 5:55 PM IST, June 17Lok Sabha Secretariat's invite to Abhishek Banerjee as rebels unite
- 5:45 PM IST, June 17‘Will never support this’, says Omar Abdullah on Maha developments
- 5:41 PM IST, June 17Sanjay Raut claims MPs being offered ₹50 crore to switch sides
- 5:38 PM IST, June 17‘Only brave are remembered in history’, says Sanjay Singh
- 5:13 PM IST, June 17Temporary view cutter placed in front of Mamata's home
- 5:00 PM IST, June 17‘No individual group can get recognition’, says MP
- 4:55 PM IST, June 17Samajwadi Party MP calls UP minister Rajbhar a 'patient', says 'he can transfer virus'
- 4:52 PM IST, June 17LS Speaker invites Abhishek Banerjee for meeting, TMC says got no communication yet
- 4:43 PM IST, June 17Key party meeting tomorrow, whip issued for MPs
- 4:35 PM IST, June 17BJP needs brave challenger, says Akhilesh Yadav amid SP split buzz
- 4:29 PM IST, June 17Mamata Banerjee leads protest against hawker eviction
- 4:26 PM IST, June 17Leader of TMC's Mamata faction says rebels 'falling at feet of NCPI'
- 4:05 PM IST, June 17Samajwadi Party leader says UP minister Rajbhar acting as BJP mouthpiece
- 4:01 PM IST, June 17TMC news LIVE: Mamata in Dharmatala for protest
- 3:47 PM IST, June 17Akhilesh Yadav reacts to claims of impending split in SP
- 3:35 PM IST, June 17Raut repeats 'MPs bought for ₹50 cr' claim
- 2:58 PM IST, June 17Team Uddhav warns rebel MPs of legal action
- 2:50 PM IST, June 17Congress says Amit Shah launching 'onslaught' on Oppn, will not succeed
- 2:32 PM IST, June 17Unimaginable language, says BJP on Sanjay Raut abusing Sena UBT ‘rebels’
- 2:23 PM IST, June 17Heavy police deployment outside MP's residence amid split buzz
- 2:09 PM IST, June 17LS Speaker asks TMC's Abhishek Banerjee to meet him on June 19
- 2:03 PM IST, June 17Another party leader, Udayan Guha, arrested
- 1:58 PM IST, June 17TMC crisis LIVE: Everyone has to on NDA's side if they want progress, says BJP leader
- 1:51 PM IST, June 17Meanwhile | UP minister's bombshell claim sparks buzz of split brewing in SP
- 1:43 PM IST, June 17Uddhav backer Arvind Sawant meet LS Speaker
- 1:26 PM IST, June 17Anit Thapa, leader of TMC ally BGPM, resigns from key post
- 1:03 PM IST, June 17Raut meets LS Speaker, says got assurance of law abidance
- 12:48 PM IST, June 17New turn in rebellion drama as MP says no plans to leave party
- 12:44 PM IST, June 17Team Uddhav defends Sanjay Raut for hurling abuses at ‘rebel’ MPs
- 12:20 PM IST, June 17'Operation Tiger, just wait and watch' banners put up in Pune
- 11:53 AM IST, June 17Ye b****ike log, says Raut in abusive attack at ‘rebel’ MPs
- 11:14 AM IST, June 17‘Someone important told me MPs promised ₹50 cr,’ claims Raut
- 11:10 AM IST, June 17Shiv Sena-UBT news LIVE: We have nothing to do with Operation Tiger, says BJP leader
- 10:49 AM IST, June 17MP Anil Desai reaches Sanjay Raut's Delhi residence
- 10:36 AM IST, June 17Sanjay Raut claims chartered plane flew Sena UBT MPs to Delhi
- 10:24 AM IST, June 17Will remain with Uddhav, says MP Rajabhau Waje amid rebellion buzz
- 10:09 AM IST, June 17We don't care where UBT MPs go, says BJP
- 10:06 AM IST, June 17Mamata Banerjee moves HC against Bhabanipur election result
- 10:04 AM IST, June 17Don't remain in illusion…, says Priyanka Chaturvedi in message to BJP
- 9:58 AM IST, June 17Sena-UBT rebellion news LIVE
- 9:54 AM IST, June 17Congress slams BJP for ‘Operation Tiger’
- 9:40 AM IST, June 17It's Eknath Shinde's magic, says Sena's Shaina NC
- 9:20 AM IST, June 17Amid TMC rebellion, Uddhav's Sena faces ‘Op Tiger’ challenge
- 9:05 AM IST, June 17Trinamool Congress rebellion, crisis explained in 8 points
- 8:43 AM IST, June 17Confusion in NCPI over ‘merger’ with TMC rebel faction
- 8:41 AM IST, June 17About the rebellion by 20 Trinamool Congress MPs
- 8:37 AM IST, June 17LS Speaker approval to one of Parliament's biggest defections delayed; Om Birla to meet Team Mamata
Rebellion crisis highlights: Shiv Sena (UBT) is staring at a fresh split in its Lok Sabha unit, with six of its seven MPs likely to seek recognition as a separate group and eventually merge with the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. The six parliamentarians are expected to meet Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla in Delhi to submit a letter seeking recognition as a separate group. The move comes despite Shiv Sena (UBT) parliamentary party chief Arvind Sawant issuing a whip directing all party MPs to attend a meeting on Thursday and urging the Speaker not to recognise any breakaway faction....Read More
The political churn comes days after a major setback for the Trinamool Congress (TMC), with at least 20 of its Lok Sabha MPs writing to the Speaker proposing to join the NCPI and support the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). The twin developments could significantly alter the arithmetic in the Lok Sabha as the NDA seeks the numbers required to push through the proposed delimitation bill.
Amid the turmoil in TMC and Sena-UBT, a UP minister sparked speculation of impending split in the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party (SP) on Wednesday.
TMC, Shiv Sena-UBT, SP rebellion | Key points
1 - TMC MPs' rebellion: Formal approval for the merger of the rebel TMC faction, comprising 20 MPs and led by Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) could be delayed after Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla decided to hear the TMC leadership before taking a final call. The Lok Sabha Secretariat wrote to Abhishek Banerjee, the TMC's floor leader in the Lok Sabha, on Monday regarding a meeting after he appealed to the Speaker not to recognise any faction of the party. The letter proposed a meeting at 4 pm on Monday, but Abhishek Banerjee was then being questioned by the Enforcement Directorate. The Speaker is now expected to meet him later this week.
2 - NDA's number if TMC merger goes through: If the merger goes through, the NDA's strength in the Lok Sabha will rise from 294 to 314 seats, still 46 short of the two-thirds majority mark. In the Rajya Sabha, the ruling alliance could reach 155 seats, just eight short of the two-thirds threshold.
3 - What's happening in Maharashtra: Meanwhile, in Maharashtra, ‘Operation Tiger’ has been gaining momentum. Operation Tiger is the name given to the Shiv Sena’s attempts to poach Sena (UBT) elected representatives. It gained steam on Tuesday evening, two days after only four of the nine Sena (UBT) MPs attended a meeting called by Thackeray at his residence in Mumbai. Leaders of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena said six MPs from the rival Sena (UBT) are likely to form a separate group and are expected to submit a letter to Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla. They will then merge with the Sena’s Lok Sabha unit, an HT report quoted Sena insiders as saying.
4 - Who are the 6 Sena-UBT rebels: The above-mentioned insiders also said three Sena (UBT) MPs – Sanjay Jadhav, Sanjay Deshmukh and Bhausaheb Wakchaure – arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday and did not respond to phone calls from party leaders. The six MPs who are likely to form a breakaway group are: Sanjay Jadhav (Parbhani), Bhausaheb Wakchaure (Shirdi), Sanjay Deshmukh (Yavatmal), Nagesh Patil Ashtikar (Hingoli), Omraje Nimbalkar (Dharashiv), Sanjay Patil (Mumbai North East). However, this could not be independently verified.
5 - Mamata's troubles: In West Bengal, Mamata has faced a series of setbacks since the party's crushing defeat to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the recently concluded Assembly elections. Before the rebellion by MPs, MLA Ritabrata Banerjee staked claim to the post of Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly with the backing of 58 lawmakers. The team of MPs features several TMC heavyweights like Saayoni Ghosh, Yusuf Pathan, Rachna Banerjee etc., apart from Kakoli Ghosh .
