Since the Trinamool Congress (TMC) experienced a landslide defeat in the West Bengal State Assembly elections in 2026, the party led by Mamata Banerjee has been falling like a house built on sand. TMC, once the formidable force that ended three decades of Left Front rule in West Bengal, today resembles the Biblical parable of a house built on sand that collapses when storms arrive.  Following the state election defeat, its organisational base — weakened by corruption, factionalism and overreliance on professional consultants — is being battered by storms of scandal and dissent, according to IANS.  Chaos within the party escalates About five days after a breakaway faction comprising 58 of the Trinamool’s 80 elected MLAs laid claim to recognition as the “original party” in the West Bengal Assembly, 20 of its 28 Lok Sabha MPs have reportedly made a similar request to the office of the Lok Sabha Speaker. One of West Bengal’s 42 Lok Sabha seats, Basirhat, remains vacant following the death of the sitting Trinamool MP. Sukhendu Sekhar Roy resigns from the …