Overview
- The Lok Sabha adopted a motion by voice vote on Wednesday to suspend Kalyan Banerjee for the remainder of the Monsoon Session after presiding officer Krishna Prasad Tenneti referred to written complaints to Speaker Om Birla.
- Complainants Mitali Bagh, Shatabdi Roy and Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar accused Banerjee of using abusive and misogynistic language during a heated exchange in the chamber, and Ghosh Dastidar had earlier written to the Speaker in May about repeated verbal abuse.
- Banerjee denies the allegations, called the rebel MPs 'traitors' and said the suspension would not end his political fight, while rebel MPs and other opposition leaders have sought immediate withdrawal of the order.
- Opposition members argue the confrontation happened after the House was adjourned and therefore outside the Chair's disciplinary rules, and the Speaker has said he will consult before announcing a decision on the withdrawal request.
- The case deepens the Trinamool Congress split that left about 20 MPs sitting with the breakaway NCPI, leaves pending merger and disqualification petitions under India's anti‑defection rules, and could affect parliamentary decorum and party alignments in the coming weeks.