The rebellion within the Trinamool Congress reached the national capital on Monday, with several of its MPs reportedly holding a meeting at the residence of Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party's West Bengal observer, Bhupendra Yadav, according to The Hindu.

There are 29 MPs of the Trinamool Congress in the Lok Sabha, and according to those present at the meeting 20 of them have come out in rebellion against party chairperson Mamata Banerjee and general secretary Abhishek Banerjee.

The 20 rebel MPs plan to form a separate bloc and support the BJP led National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre.

Barasat Lok Sabha MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar is emerging as the leader of the bloc. Dr. Dastidar, who was recently removed as Trinamool chief whip in the Lok Sabha, has started warming up to the BJP.

The MP told sources close to her that she remains the Trinamool Congress chief whip on paper and will submit a letter with signature of 20 MPs to the Lok Sabha speaker, seeking recognition of the MPs as a separate bloc.

West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari was present at the meeting of rebel Trinamool Congress MPs along with Yadav. Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, who resigned from the party and the Upper House of Parliament, was also present at the meeting.

The meeting of rebel Lok Sabha MPs was held not far from the gathering at Constitution Club of India where Trinamool chairperson Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee took part in the INDIA bloc meeting.

Later in the day, Adhikari reached the residence of Trinamool MP Satabdi Roy in the national capital and held a meeting with about 10 MPs of the rebel camp.

The development comes almost a week after nearly 60 of the 80 MLAs of the Trinamool Congress, came out in rebellion and elected a new Leader of Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee. He welcomed the fast-changing developments in Delhi and said that the MLAs and the MPs were guided by a common idea.

Meanwhile, former Kolkata Municipal Corporation mayor and Mamata Banerjee’s close aide Firhad Hakim met Ritabrata Banerjee at the West Bengal Assembly on Monday. Hakim, a Trinamool Congress legislator had recently quit as mayor of KMC.