Dastidar has sought the expulsion of TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee over alleged repeated verbal abuse and misogynistic comments.
TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar has sought Kalyan Banerjee's expulsion from the Lok Sabha, alleging repeated misogynistic remarks, verbal abuse and intimidation of women parliamentarians.
TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee struck a conciliatory tone towards Abhishek Banerjee, ruled out any merger with the Congress and accused the BJP of targeting opposition leaders in West Bengal.
Abhishek Banerjee declined to engage in a war of words after Kalyan Banerjee accused him of sidelining him in a legal case and blamed him for divisions within the Trinamool Congress.
Blaming the TMC's huge electoral blow in the last assembly elections and the subsequent slew of resignations that have hit the party, Banerjee said, "He (Abhishek) needs to understand that it is because of him that we lost."
Satabdi Roy had attended a meeting along with other rebel MPs with West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari at the residence of Union Minister and BJP’s Bengal in-charge Bhupender Yadav on Monday.
TMC MP Kirti Azad claimed that the rebel leaders were elected in the name of "Maa Maati and Manush" and asked them to resign and contest on a BJP ticket.
Earlier, AITC National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee was roughed up allegedly by the locals during his visit to the Sonarpur town of South 24 Parganas district for meeting families of post-poll violence victims.
Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar has officially tendered her resignation from all the organisational posts in the Mamata Banerjee-led party with immediate effect.
Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar has tendered her resignation from all the organisational posts in the party with immediate effect. The MP from Barasat in the North 24 Parganas district, sent her resignation letter to the TMC state president Subrata Bakshi.
