{"id":5765,"date":"2026-06-15T01:41:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T20:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=5765"},"modified":"2026-06-15T08:33:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T03:03:30","slug":"tmc-rebels-to-merge-with-little-known-regional-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=5765","title":{"rendered":"TMC rebels to merge with little-known regional party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/tmc-rebels-to-merge-with-little-known-regional-party\/articleshow\/131728732.cms\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"10\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/photo\/131728732.cms\" \/><\/a>In a dramatic development, 20 rebel Trinamool Congress MPs informed Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla that their group has merged with NCPI \u2014 which is registered in West Bengal\u2019s Howrah and had contested a few seats in the 2023 Tripura assembly elections \u2014 and that they will be backing the BJP-led NDA. 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