TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee resigned as party chief whip after Mahua Moitra allegedly called him a pig. He accused her of ingratitude, saying he had defended her in 2023 during a Parliament controversy.
Senior Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee has stepped down as the party’s chief whip in the Lok Sabha, hours after a bitter public spat with fellow MP Mahua Moitra. The party accepted his resignation shortly after.
In a strongly worded post on X, Banerjee wrote, “In 2023, I stood by Ms. Moitra when she was under fire in Parliament, “I did so out of conviction, not compulsion. Today, she repays that support by calling me a misogynist. I owe the nation an apology for having defended someone who clearly lacks basic gratitude.”
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His comments came after Mahua Moitra allegedly likened him to a pig during a verbal exchange, escalating tensions within the party.