TMC calls rebels’ NCPI merger ‘ridiculous’, BJP says exodus reflects party’s ideological vacuum
Kolkata, Jun 15 (PTI) The war of words between the Trinamool Congress and the BJP intensified after dissident TMC MPs announced their merger with the little-known NCPI and pledged support to the NDA, with Mamata Banerjee’s camp dismissing the move as “ridiculous” and the saffron party describing it as evidence of TMC’s deepening crisis. Senior TMC MP Sougata Roy ridiculed the rebels’ decision to merge with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India, a Tripura-based registered unrecognised party, questioning both its political relevance and the dissidents’ ability to justify the move before voters. “Once you betray the party on whose symbol