Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee has been suspended from the Lok Sabha, for the remainder of the Monsoon session, Speaker Om Birla said.
According to preliminary information, Banerjee had allegedly misbehaved with some of the MPs of the rebel parliamentary group who have now joined the Tripura-based Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI).
The remarks prompted immediate protests from the legislators, who are part of the faction that had broken away from the Trinamool Congress.
The aggrieved MPs subsequently lodged a formal complaint with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, seeking action over Banerjee’s alleged conduct.
In the wake of the controversy, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra met the Speaker to present the party’s position. However, no change was made to the course of action.
When the Lok Sabha reassembled at 2 pm, the government announced Banerjee’s suspension.
The incident triggered a fresh political row inside Parliament, with opposition members calling for strict adherence to parliamentary decorum. The Trinamool Congress, however, had not issued an official statement on the suspension at the time of filing this report.