Nationalist Citizens Party of India

The Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) is a political party that is active in the eastern region of India, including West Bengal, Tripura, and Assam. The NCPI is a registered unrecognised party that has participated in state assembly elections, with a focus on representing the Bengali-speaking communities. In June 2026, after the merger of 20 All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) Members of Parliament (MP)s, it has become the fifth largest political party in Lok Sabha, the lower house of India's parliament, and the second largest ally of the ruling coalition in the Lok Sabha, Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

Foundation and history

The Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) was founded in 2022, while according to ECI the party was registered on 20 January 2023, with Shewly Kundu as its president and chairperson and Saikat Das as its general secretary. Their headquarters is located in Howrah, West Bengal.

The NCPI contested the 2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election on the Pen Nib with Seven Rays symbol, fielding candidates in four constituencies — Chawamanu, Ambassa, Karamchara and Kailashahar. The party performed poorly in all four seats, with its candidates either polling fewer votes than the NOTA option or only margin.

In June 2026, 20 MPs including Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar from the AITC merged with the NCPI.

AITC (Rebel Bloc) merger

Following the defeat in the 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election and growing internal unrest, more than two-thirds of the All India Trinamool Congress's parliamentary strength (20 out of 28 MPs) rebelled against the leadership of Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee. After a rebellion in the AITC, 20 members of parliament joined the NCPI. The merger was due to the complications that the rebel group would face if they formed an independent bloc under the AITC label.

According to political analysts, the rebel MPs' decision to merge with a registered regional political party rather than form a separate bloc within AITC was intended to avoid legal complications under anti-defection law, as it states that "When two-thirds of the legislators of a political party decide to merge with another party, neither those who join the new party nor the ones who stay with the original party face disqualification."

Leadership

Party leadership

+List of Party Presidents Name Term in office Assumed office Left office Time in office 1Shewly Kundu14 October 202214 June 20262Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar14 June 202622 September 20263Jyoti Prokash Chatterjee22 September 2026Incumbent

Legislative leadership

List of Lok Sabha MP's

This is a list of members of the 18th Lok Sabha arranged by the states and union territories they are elected from. These MPs were elected in the 2024 Indian general election held in April–June 2024.

Keys:

+ +Lok Sabha Member of Parliament (India) Constituency Portrait Name Popular Vote Margin 1 Cooch Behar (SC) Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia 7,88,375 39,250 2 Jangipur Khalilur Rahaman 5,44,427 1,16,637 3 Baharampur Yusuf Pathan 5,24,516 85,022 4 Murshidabad Abu Taher Khan 6,82,442 1,64,215 5 Barrackpore Partha Bhowmick 5,20,231 64,438 6 Barasat Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar 6,92,010 1,14,189 7 Mathurapur (SC) Bapi Halder 7,55,731 2,01,057 8 Jadavpur Saayoni Ghosh 7,17,899 2,58,201 9 Kolkata Dakshin Mala Roy 6,15,274 1,87,231 10 Kolkata Uttar Sudip Bandyopadhyay 4,54,696 92,560 11 Howrah Prasun Banerjee 6,26,493 1,69,442 12 Hooghly Rachana Banerjee 7,02,744 76,853 13 Arambagh (SC) Mitali Bag 7,12,587 6,399 14 Ghatal Deepak Adhikari 8,37,990 1,82,868 15 Jhargram (ST) Kalipada Soren 7,43,478 1,74,048 16 Medinipur June Malia 7,02,192 27,191 17 Bankura Arup Chakraborty 6,41,813 32,778 18 Bardhaman Purba (SC) Sharmila Sarkar 7,20,302 1,60,572 19 Bolpur (SC) Asit Kumar Mal 8,55,633 3,27,253 20 Birbhum Satabdi Roy 7,17,961 1,97,650

Electoral performance +Tripura Legislative Assembly electionsYearAssemblyParty leaderSeats contestedSeats wonChange in seats(%) of votesVote swingPopular voteOutcome202313thShewly Kundu2 new0.03 new822

Nationalist Citizens Party of India

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