TMC's LS member accuses party MP Kalyan Banerjee of verbal abuse, misogyny; writes to speaker

KOLKATA: (May 28) Trinamool Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar has complained to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, accusing party colleague Kalyan Banerjee of verbally abusing her inside Parliament and misogynistic behaviour towards women parliamentarians.

The complaint comes amid deepening faultlines within the TMC following its drubbing in the assembly election, with public display of dissent and internal unease increasingly spilling into the open.

In her letter to the Speaker, Ghosh Dastidar sought permission to formally register the complaint and demanded action against Kalyan Banerjee.