Third wicket down for Trinamool in Rajya Sabha as MP Prakash Baraik resigns

The collapse of TMC is on a continuous path as another Rajya Sabha MP, Prakash Chik Baraik, tendered his resignation from the Upper House. Baraik’s departure marks the third high-profile parliamentary exit within a single week, directly following the resignations of veteran leader Sukhendu Shekhar Roy and national spokesperson Sushmita Dev. 

The rebellion has simultaneously triggered an absolute mutiny within the party's Lok Sabha contingent. Nineteen sitting Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MPs have officially raised the banner of revolt against the central leadership, writing a formal letter to the Speaker to seek separate legislative recognition away from the official party line.

This catastrophic fragmentation stems directly from the ruling party’s devastating defeat in the recent West Bengal Assembly elections, which shattered the central leadership's cohesion. Out of the 80 assembly seats secured by the Trinamool Congress, a staggering 58 MLAs have already broken away to form an independent faction, formally crowning rebel leader Ritabrata Banerjee as their commander. Mamata Banerjee’s ongoing failure to keep her legislative and parliamentary wings united has effectively isolated her loyalist camp, triggering a domino effect of exits across state and national capitals.