TMC’s Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar accuses party MP Kalyan Banerjee of verbal abuse, misogyny

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.

Ms. Ghosh Dastidar, in her letter to the Speaker, sought action against Mr. Banrjee. “I seek your permission to lodge a formal complaint to you for redressal against Lok Sabha Member of AITC Kalyan Banerjee, who has repeatedly verbally abused me inside the Lok Sabha. This misogyny has been against many lady members and needs to be punished,” the MP from West Bengal’s Barasat wrote in the letter.

Neither Mr. Banerjee nor the TMC leadership immediately reacted to the complaint.

This comes barely a day after the four-term Barasat MP quit all organisational posts in the TMC and launched a stinging political diatribe against sections of the party leadership.

She, however, continues to be an MP of Barasat, which she won on a TMC ticket.

Mr. Banerjee, the four-time MP from Sreerampur and one of the party’s most combative parliamentarians, has frequently courted controversy over his remarks and confrontations with political opponents as well as colleagues.

(With inputs from PTI)