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BJP MP Saumitra Khan on Wednesday welcomed the suspension of Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee from the Lok Sabha for the remaining part of the session, alleging that the TMC leader's remarks against women were insensitive and shameful.
Speaking on Banerjee's suspension, Khan said, "The Trinamool Congress has never stood by women. Otherwise, if a senior MP like Kalyan Banerjee ji can make such remarks, it reflects a great deal of insensitivity and is deeply shameful. We all know that the Trinamool Congress has never supported women. He has been suspended, and that is a good thing." Meanwhile, rebel TMC MP and NCPI leader Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar also backed Banerjee's suspension, alleging that the TMC MP had repeatedly targeted women and used objectionable language against them. Reacting to the suspension, Dastidar said, "Kalyan Banerjee keeps targeting women. He repeatedly abuses them and uses highly objectionable language. Today as well, he was using abusive language against women. That is why he was suspended for the remainder of this session." Earlier, in the day, Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal moved a motion in the Lok Sabha seeking the suspension of Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee for the remaining part of the ongoing Monsoon session of Parliament, after allegations of indecent behaviour and use of intemperate language against women MPs. The motion was moved after TDP MP KP Tenneti, who was in the Chair, informed the House that the Speaker had received a written complaint against Banerjee over his alleged conduct and language. The motion was subsequently adopted by the House. The complaint alleged that Banerjee displayed "unprecedented behaviour" inside Parliament while business was underway and "in his misogynistic manner verbally abused NCPI members and Minister Bhupendra Yadav". (ANI)
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