Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar accuses Kalyan Banerjee of Misogyny, writes to speaker

TMC Leader and MP Kakoli Dastidar has written to the Lok Sabha Speaker seeking action against Kalyan Banerjee, alleging that he abused her and that other women MPs were also targeted. In her letter to the Speaker, Ghosh Dastidar sought permission to formally register the complaint and demanded action against Kalyan Banerjee.“I seek your permission to lodge a formal complaint against Lok Sabha Member of AITC Kalyan Banerjee, who has repeatedly verbally abused me inside the Lok Sabha,” she wrote.

Lok Sabha MP Kakoli Ghosh has written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, alleging repeated verbal abuse by TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee inside Parliament.

The letter reads: "I seek your permission to lodge a formal complain to you for redressal against Lok Sabha Member of AITC Kalyan… pic.twitter.com/EwRZg2jKQf

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The complaint comes amid deepening fault lines within the TMC following its drubbing in the assembly election, with public display of dissent and internal unease increasingly spilling into the open. The allegations surfaced a day after Dastidar resigned from all organisational posts within the party, intensifying speculation about growing internal tensions in the TMC. The Barasat MP further stated that the alleged behaviour reflected a broader issue of misogyny directed at women parliamentarians.