Kolkata: 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.
This misogyny has been against many lady members and needs to be punished,” she wrote in her letter to the Speaker.
The complaint comes amid growing internal tensions within the Trinamool Congress following its recent electoral setback in the West Bengal assembly elections, with public expressions of dissent within the party increasing.
Neither Banerjee nor the Trinamool Congress leadership has responded to the allegations so far.
The development is significant as it follows Dastidar’s recent decision to step down from all organisational posts in the party, where she has been a four-term MP from Barasat on a Trinamool ticket, though she continues to remain a Lok Sabha member.
