‘Fighting like a tiger’: Mamata rallies behind Abhishek Banerjee amid TMC rebellion, vows to rebuild party

Mamata Banerjee has publicly defended her nephew, Abhishek Banerjee, amid a rebellion within the Trinamool Congress party. She accused political opponents of engineering defections and vowed to rebuild the party despite the departure of senior leaders.
Throwing her weight behind nephew Abhishek Banerjee as rebel leaders blamed his alleged high-handedness for their exit from the TMC, party supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday (July 15, 2026) apologised to the people "on behalf of the traitors" and asserted that neither she nor her family had ever compromised for political survival.
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