Lok Sabha suspends TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee for Monsoon Session

Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee was suspended from the Lok Sabha for the remainder of the Monsoon Session on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, following allegations he used unparliamentary language against female members of the House. The suspension was enacted by a voice vote after a formal motion was moved by Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal.

The disciplinary action stemmed from a heated argument Banerjee had with several members of the Nationalist Citizen Party of India (NCPI) in the Lok Sabha chamber earlier that day, after the House was adjourned. The NCPI members involved were Mitali Bagh, Shatabdi Roy, and Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, all of whom are former Trinamool Congress colleagues. The exact nature of the exchange was not made public, but the women MPs subsequently filed a formal complaint with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla alleging verbal abuse and misogynistic remarks.

Presiding officer Krishna Prasad Tenneti informed the House that Banerjee's remarks had "hurt the dignity of the House" before the suspension motion was passed. Following the vote, Banerjee was asked to leave the parliamentary precincts.

The incident is part of a broader pattern of...