TMC MP Mahua Moitra said the party would "start afresh" after 58 rebel MLAs split and elected Ritabrata Banerjee as LoP in the West Bengal Assembly. Calling the rebels "completely useless", she said, "Please go on your own...Be part of your Ritabrata Congress...Don't call yourself the Trinamool Congress." Moitra also defended Mamata's nephew, Abhishek Banerjee, who is facing a revolt.