TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee suspended for smashing glass bottle at parliamentary panel meet on Waqf Bill
This came days after several Opposition MPs boycotted a committee meeting and accused members of the BJP of using derogatory language against them.
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Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee was on Tuesday suspended for one day from the joint parliamentary committee tasked with reviewing the Waqf Amendment Bill after he smashed a glass water bottle and threw it at Bhariya Janata Party MP Jagdambika Pal, the panel’s chairperson, reported The Hindu.
Pal told reporters he had never witnessed such scenes at a parliamentary committee in his 40-year career. “There is no place for violence in democracy,” he said, urging the Trinamool Congress to introspect about Banerjee’s behaviour.
According to India Today, the incident was triggered by a heated argument between Banerjee and BJP MP Abhijit Gangopadhyay while the committee was hearing the views of two organisations from Odisha – Justice in Reality and Panchasakha Bani Prachar Mandali – on the Waqf Amendment Bill.
Nine of the 17 committee members voted to suspend Banerjee for a day on a resolution moved by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey.
This came days after several Opposition MPs boycotted a committee meeting and accused members of the Bharatiya Janata Party of using derogatory language against them. The controversy erupted after a heated exchange between BJP MPs Dubey, Dilip Saikia and Abhijit Gangopadhyay on the one hand and Banerjee and Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on the other, about a proposal to include women in Waqf boards.
The Opposition leaders accused Pal...
