'Verbal abuse, misogyny': TMC MP Kakoli writes to Om Birla against party MP Kalyan Banerjee

NEW DELHI: Former Trinamool Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar connected Thursday lodged a ceremonial ailment with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla against enactment MP and existent main whip Kalyan Banerjee, alleging that helium had 'repeatedly verbally abused' her wrong Parliament."I question your support to lodge a ceremonial kick to you for redressal against Lok Sabha Member of AITC Kalyan Banerjee, who has repeatedly verbally abused maine wrong the Lok Sabha. This misogyny has been against galore woman members and needs to beryllium punished," Dastidar wrote successful her missive to the Speaker.

The ailment comes amid increasing tensions wrong the Trinamool Congress pursuing Dastidar's caller resignations from cardinal organisational posts and her nationalist disapproval of sections of the enactment enactment aft the party's mediocre show successful the 2026 assembly elections.On Wednesday, the four-time Barasat MP resigned from each organisational responsibilities successful the TMC, a time aft attending erstwhile main curate Mamata Banerjee's administrative reappraisal gathering successful Kalyani contempt alleged instructions from the enactment asking her not to participate.Dastidar, who earlier served arsenic the nationalist president of the TMC women’s helping and was associated with the party’s 'Banga Janani' programme, informed authorities enactment president Subrata Bakshi that she would nary longer proceed successful organisational roles.

The enactment has not yet officially commented connected her latest move.She stepped down arsenic president of the party’s Barasat organisational territory unit, taking 'moral responsibility' for the TMC’s decision successful Barasat. The resignation was accepted by the party, which subsequently appointed Tapas Chatterjee arsenic the caller territory chief.Dastidar had besides publically attacked governmental consultancy steadfast I-PAC, accusing it of pressuring enactment leaders and workers and contributing to the party’s electoral decline."The mode this organisation has worked and abused us, the mode they enactment unit connected us, this is not the mode to work. Wherever they go, I deliberation they volition nutrient unsafe results successful the elections," she had said.A seasoned TMC person agelong considered adjacent to Mamata Banerjee, Dastidar was removed arsenic the party’s main whip successful Lok Sabha pursuing the Assembly predetermination setback and replaced by Kalyan Banerjee.She had further alleged increasing 'criminalisation' wrong the enactment and urged the enactment to erstwhile again trust connected 'honest, experienced and dedicated' workers to rebuild the TMC's representation aft the electoral setback.