Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra rallied behind Mamata Banerjee on Sunday as a revolt deepened in the party's parliamentary ranks.
Moitra branded the MPs moving toward the BJP-led NDA as "traitors with yellow-stained pants" and dared them to resign and recontest on a BJP ticket.
"MPs won in 2024 on TMC ticket. Mandate was NOT for NDA," the Krishnanagar MP wrote on X on Sunday evening, even as some rebel MPs openly said they were aligning with BJP-led NDA.
Moitra targeted TMC MP and former Team India cricketer Yusuf Pathan, asking whether he was "rushing to Delhi" at Union home minister Amit Shah's call.
"Have some courage. You played for India. Our district voted you in with a huge margin. Have some shame & some spine," she said.
The intervention came as rebel MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar announced that "nearly 20 TMC Lok Sabha members" of the TMC had written to Speaker Om Birla offering support to the NDA.
