Why are rival groups of Trinamool Congress laying claim over party funds?

After the defeat in the West Bengal Assembly polls 2026 , the rival factions of Trinamool Congress are not only competing to get every leader by their side and fighting for the party symbol, but they are also trying to get control over the party’s funds. Over the past few weeks, West Bengal has witnessed two factions of Trinamool Congress — one led by Mamata Banerjee and another by Leader of Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee — approaching banks, police and courts, trying to get access to the funds. While the Ritabrata Banerjee faction has sought that funds in Trinamool Congress accounts be frozen, the Mamata Banerjee loyalists have said that rebels can have no control over party funds.