Trinamool MP smashes bottle in rage at Waqf meeting, injures hand in chaos
- In Reports
- 05:04 PM, Oct 22, 2024
- Myind Staff
Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee injured his hand after smashing a glass water bottle during a heated argument at the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) meeting on the Waqf Bill on Tuesday. The incident occurred during a tense exchange between Banerjee and BJP MP Abhijit Gangopadhyay, according to sources.
Banerjee has been barred from the upcoming Waqf Bill panel meeting by JPC Chairman Jagdambika Pal, according to sources. The suspension of the Trinamool MP was decided by a ballot, with nine votes in favour and seven against his suspension, sources stated.
Sources claim that the Trinamool MP accidentally injured himself when he picked up a glass water bottle and knocked it against the table. He had to get four stitches for his injury. Later, AAP leader Sanjay Singh and AIMIM chairman Asaduddin Owaisi were seen escorting him back to the conference room. The incident forced a brief suspension of the meeting, which was held at the Parliament Annexe.
A committee led by BJP's Jagdambika Pal was hearing the opinions of a group of retired judges and lawyers. During this session, Opposition members questioned the relevance of their involvement in the issue. Subsequently, Kalyan Banerjee began to speak out of turn in an attempt to make a point. However, BJP's Abhijit Gangopadhyay took issue with it. Consequently, a verbal altercation ensued as a result of Banerjee using unparliamentary words against him, according to sources.
Spats and furious debates between opposition members and BJP MPs have plagued the panel hearings. Kalyan Banerjee got into a violent argument with BJP MPs Nishikant Dubey, Dilip Saikia, and Abhijit Gangopadhyay last week as well. The opposition left the meeting after accusing the BJP MPs of using derogatory language. The opposition has claimed that Jagdambika Pal was not acting legally and did not take any action against the BJP MPs.
However, BJP leader Tejasvi Surya has accused several opposition members of threatening the JPC chairperson and destroying some papers in a letter to the speaker of the Lok Sabha. The Waqf (Amendment) Bill was introduced in Parliament by the government on July 28. Due to strong objections from opposition parties, it was sent to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for review on August 8. The bill seeks to limit the power of Waqf boards to declare any property or area as "waqf property."
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