Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar Accuses Kalyan Banerjee Of 'Repeated Abuse', Seeks His Expulsion From LS

Last Updated:June 15, 2026, 22:15 IST

Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar urges Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to expel Kalyan Banerjee for alleged misogynistic misconduct. Banerjee denies charges as politically motivated.

Rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha leader Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar has written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla seeking the expulsion of MP Kalyan Banerjee, accusing him of repeated misconduct and misogynistic behaviour inside Parliament.

In a June 10 letter that surfaced publicly on Monday, Dastidar alleged that Banerjee had repeatedly used inappropriate language against her and other women MPs.

Dastidar Accuses Banerjee Of Using ‘Disrespectful’ Language Against Women MPs

“On several occasions, Mr Kalyan Banerjee has used objectionable, disrespectful and inappropriate language against me and other women members during the sittings and proceedings of the House. Such conduct is unbecoming of a Member of Parliament and undermines the dignity, decorum and standards of parliamentary debate expected from elected representatives," she wrote, PTI reported.

Referring to Article 105 of the Constitution, she argued that parliamentary privileges do not permit personal abuse or conduct that undermines fellow members.

“Such behaviour goes beyond the limits of robust political disagreement or parliamentary debate and enters the realm of personal abuse and harassment. The conduct has not only caused personal anguish but has also created an atmosphere that discourages the free participation of women in parliamentary proceedings," the dissident TMC MP from Barasat seat further wrote in the letter.

Banerjee Rejects Allegations

The complaint comes amid an escalating split within the TMC. On Sunday, Dastidar led a group of 20 dissident TMC MPs to meet the Speaker, seek a separate seating arrangement in the Lok Sabha, and announce their merger with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI).

Meanwhile, Banerjee has rejected the allegations, calling them politically motivated. “When did I exactly abuse her? She called me a ‘repeated offender’. So, she must specify whether I did this during the tenure of the 15th, 16th or 17th Lok Sabha? Or was it during the 18th Lok Sabha?" he said. He questioned why no complaint was filed earlier and suggested the accusations emerged only after Dastidar was removed as TMC’s chief whip in the Lok Sabha.

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