TMC Lok Sabha MP Dr. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar wrote to Speaker Om Birla alleging repeated verbal abuse and misogynistic behaviour by her party colleague Kalyan Banerjee inside Parliament, Hindustan Times reported.
The complaint made on Thursday came a day after Dastidar resigned from all organisational posts she held in the Trinamool Congress, including as chairperson of the party’s women’s wing.
“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,” Dastidar wrote in her letter.
“This misogyny has been against many lady members and needs to be punished,” she added.
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#NewsAlert | Lok Sabha MP Kakoli Ghosh has written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla alleging that Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee verbally abused her multiple times within Parliament.
In her letter, she requested permission to file a formal complaint against Kalyan… pic.twitter.com/L1oXm6ytvz
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Complaint follows resignation from party posts
Dastidar had resigned from all organisational responsibilities, citing “deep mental conflict and long reflection”. However, she clarified that she would continue as a Member of Parliament and remain in the party as an ordinary worker.
The Barasat MP had also stayed away from several key party events and recently attended an administrative meeting chaired by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari despite objections from the TMC leadership.
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Dastidar raises concerns over party functioning
In an interview with Hindustan Times, Dastidar criticised the TMC’s internal functioning and alleged growing corruption at the grassroots level.
“The harsh ground reality is that these elected people at the lower level, be it at panchayat or municipality level, these elected people have been extorting money and indulged in all illegal activities,” Dastidar said.
Referring to her removal as the party’s Lok Sabha chief whip, she also said, “It would have been better if she had informed me in advance. Instead of being authoritarian, it would have been better if she had adopted a democratic process”.
