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TMC to support Congress's Speaker candidate, top leaders hold separate meet in Akali Dal

The TMC is likely to support the candidature of Kodikunil Suresh for the post of Lok Sabha Speaker during the election on Wednesday, sources close to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee told The Indian Express. Sources said the decision was taken after a late-night discussion between Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and Mamata Banerjee. This conversation, sources said, took place following a meeting held by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge with INDIA bloc members. In other news, a rebellion seems to be brewing in the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) after a section of senior leaders skipped a meeting called by party president Sukhbir Badal in Chandigarh and held a separate meeting in Jalandhar. Addressing a press conference after their meeting in Jalandhar, the rebel leaders said a change was necessary in the party following the SAD's debacle in the Lok Sabha elections.

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