The battle for control of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) has entered a new phase, with both the Mamata Banerjee camp and the rebel faction taking parallel organisational steps to strengthen their claims. A day after the rebel group led by Ritabrata Banerjee announced a new working committee and removed Mamata Banerjee as chairperson, the West Bengal Chief Minister responded by submitting her own list of the National Working Committee.