The turmoil within the Trinamool Congress (TMC) deepened on Monday after senior party MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar claimed that nearly 20 TMC parliamentarians had decided to support the NDA and had communicated their position to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, signalling a possible split in the party's parliamentary ranks.
The TMC currently has 28 Lok Sabha MPs and 12 Rajya Sabha MPs.