Trinamool Congress MP from Serampore, West Bengal - Kalyan Banerjee.
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Amit Malviya, the chief of BJP's IT cell on Tuesday shared a video of an alleged spat between Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee and another MP whose identity is being speculated. Malviya alleged that this altercation ensued at the Election Commission headquarters on April 4. In another post, he claimed that the argument continued on their party WhatsApp group, sharing screenshots of the conversation with a cryptic reference to a "versatile international lady."
According to Malviya's post, this alleged heated exchange between the two TMC MPs happened at the ECI office when they has gone to submit a memorandum.
"It appears the party had instructed its MPs to gather at the Parliament office to sign the memorandum before proceeding to the EC. However, the MP carrying the memorandum skipped the Parliament meeting and went directly to the EC," Malviya wrote in his post.
Malviya further alleged that this was the reason for the verbal spat between the two MPs, with one of them asking "police personnel to intervene."
In the video shared, Banerjee can be heard saying, " Saying 'will get me arrested'..."
The alleged voice of Rajya Sabha member Derek O'Brien can also be heard, who is trying to pacify the situation by saying, "We are in a public space brother, I'm pleading with you."
Kalyan later says, "I don't know who has an affair with whom."
While they are entering an elevator, someone warns Banerjee, "This will get leaked in the media," to which he replies, "Let it be, I want it to be out in the media."
Later he also says, "But I will not allow to do any illegal works. We have not come here for any private agency (sic)".
The issue, Malviya claimed, escalated with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee instructing both MPs to sand down.
Malviya shared screenshots allegedly from the 'AITC MP 2024' WhatsApp group, where the argument continued.
The screenshots show an exchange between Kalyan Banerjee and Kirti Azad.
DH has not independently verified the authenticity of the video or the screenshots shared by the BJP leader.
Banerjee's message taking a dig at Azad reads, "Today I congratulate the gentleman who opened the beautiful activities of versatile international lady. That day not a single boyfriend of her stood behind her. This foolish man whome she wanted to arrested by bsf, stood behind her. Today of course 30 years famous player stood behind her to get me arrested(sic)."
Azad responded by saying, "Take it easy Kalyan. You have had one too many. Don't act like a juvenile delinquent. You have been entrusted with a very serious responsibility by Didi to everyone along with you. So relax, have a nice sleep. I have no axe o grind with you. I humbly request you as a senior in age to me, not in politics to kindly take everyone together. Stop your childish and erratic behaviour. Act like an adult. Don't instigate anybody. Think with a cool mind. Good night."
Malviya questioned, "in the middle of it all, the question still lingers: who exactly is the “versatile international lady”? That mystery is one for the world to unravel."