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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Lok Sabha suspends TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee; chair says remarks against women MPs hurt 'dignity of the House'

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee for the remainder of the Monsoon Session after he allegedly used "unsavoury" and unparliamentary language against women members during a heated exchange in the House chamber.

Announcing the decision, presiding officer Krishna Prasad Tenneti referred to complaints submitted to the Speaker and said Banerjee's remarks had "hurt the dignity of the House."

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