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Lok Sabha MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, who is leading the rebel faction of Trinamool Congress MPs, successful a missive to Speaker Om Birla sought the expulsion of Trinamool main whip and Mamata Banerjee loyalist Kalyan Banerjee for “repeated verbal maltreatment and misogynistic remarks directed” astatine her and different women members during the sittings of the House.
In her missive dated June 10, 2026, the MP from Barasat constituency successful West Bengal said the ailment was a follow-up to an earlier 1 dated May 28, 2026, and sought contiguous involution and enactment against Mr. Banerjee.
Ms. Dastidar said Mr. Banerjee had, connected respective occasions, utilized “objectionable, disrespectful and inappropriate connection against her and different women members during parliamentary proceedings.” She said the behaviour formed portion of a recurring signifier of “personal attacks, intimidation and misogynistic comments that went beyond the limits of robust governmental disagreement and entered the realm of idiosyncratic maltreatment and harassment.”
The missive invoked Rule 349 and Rule 352 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business successful Lok Sabha, which necessitate each subordinate to behaviour themselves successful a mode accordant with the dignity of the House.
Ms. Dastidar said the behaviour had not lone caused idiosyncratic anguish but had created an ambiance that discouraged the escaped information of women successful parliamentary proceedings.
The missive requested the Speaker to instrumentality cognisance of the misconduct, urge due disciplinary action, and see the contiguous expulsion of Mr. Banerjee from the Lok Sabha.
