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Business To Business, New Delhi, 20th July, 2026: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is expected to decide on Monday morning on the proposed merger of 20 rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI), official sources said.
On Saturday, Birla approved the merger of six rebel Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs with the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, but deferred a decision on the TMC rebels' request.
The Speaker, however, agreed to allot separate seating arrangements for the rebel TMC MPs, placing them apart from members of the parent party in the Lok Sabha.