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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

The NCPI gambit: TMC rebels' unlikely escape route runs through an obscure party

When 20 rebel Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MPs decided to walk out of Mamata Banerjee's parliamentary fold, the obvious destination appeared to be the BJP.

After all, that has been the familiar trajectory of defectors from rival parties across India over the past decade.

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