Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee suspended from Lok Sabha for rest of monsoon session

Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee. File | Photo credit: PTI

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday (July 22, 2026) suspended Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee for the rest of the Monsoon session for allegedly using inappropriate language against women members of the Nationalist Citizens’ Party of India (NCPI), into which 20 rebel Trinamool MPs have merged their faction.

NCPI women MPs including Mitali Bagh, Shatabdi Roy and Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar filed a complaint with the Speaker’s Office.

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Mr. Banerjee had a heated discussion with MPs in the Lok Sabha shortly after the House adjourned for the first time in the morning. However, it was not clear what led to the altercation.

Some members of the opposition parties intervened and tried to pacify both sides.

NCPI MLAs meet the Speaker

After the incident, Ms. Bagh, Ms. Dastidar and some other NCPI members met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in his chamber, apparently to raise the issue.

When the House met at 2 pm after the second adjournment, TDP MP Krishna Prasad Tenneti, who was presiding, referred to a complaint filed by NCPI members and said Mr. Banerjee’s remarks had damaged the dignity of the House.

Resolution moved

He then asked Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal to read a resolution seeking the consent of the House to suspend Mr. Banerjee.

The resolution was passed by voice vote even as the opposition members continued to promote slogans regarding the alleged NEET paper leak and other issues.

Mr. Banerjee asked to leave

After the resolution was passed, Mr. Tenneti asked Mr. Banerjee to leave the House precincts.

20 NCPI Lok Sabha members broke away from the Trinamool Congress and joined a little-known regional body after the party’s defeat in the 2026 West Bengal elections.

They expressed their allegiance to the ruling NDA and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and began sitting separately from Trinamool MPs in the Lok Sabha.

Published – 22 Jul 2026 17:17 IST