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The matter escalated and reached Mamata Banerjee, who reportedly asked both MPs to stand down, the BJP claimed.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee | File Image/PTI
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday shared the purported chats of TMC MPs Kalyan Banerjee and Kirti Azad fighting amongst themselves on the party’s official WhatsApp group for parliamentarians.
BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya claimed that the heated WhatsApp exchange was an aftermath of an earlier public spat between two TMC MPs— including a woman leader— at the Election Commission headquarters, where they had gone to submit a party representation.
“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 said in an X post.
He further claimed that the MP’s move angered the woman MP, who confronted him when they came face to face at the poll panel’s headquarters. “A heated exchange ensued, with both shouting at each other to the extent that one of them asked the police personnel present to step in,” the BJP leader said.
The matter escalated and reached Mamata Banerjee, who reportedly asked both MPs to stand down, Malviya claimed.
According to Malviya, the infighting soon intensified and extended to the WhatsApp group ‘AITC MP 2024’, where Kalyan Banerjee and Kirti Azad, who supported the woman MP, clashed.
Take a look at the screengrab of the WhatsApp chats shared by the BJP:
On 4th April 2024, two TMC MPs had a public spat at the headquarters of the Election Commission of India, where they had gone to submit a representation. It appears the party had instructed its MPs to gather at the Parliament office to sign the memorandum before proceeding to the… pic.twitter.com/BwqQRE8FhI— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) April 7, 2025
TMC Infigting Snowballs
Sources told CNN-News18 that the altercation between TMC MPs took place before the party delegation visited the Election Commission headquarters. A day earlier, the TMC MP had signed a deputation letter on behalf of some MPs, which did not include the woman MP’s name.
The following day, when the TMC delegation arrived at the EC office, the woman MP confronted her colleague, leading to a heated exchange. During the argument, she asked security personnel to intervene and demanded his arrest, alleging misconduct towards a woman MP.
Subsequently, both leaders lodged complaints with party chief Mamata Banerjee.
According to Anandabazar Patrika, the woman MP has left the party’s official WhatsApp group made for parliamentarians due to the behaviour of a senior MP of the party.
TMC is expected to launch an inquiry to identify who leaked the chats from the party’s official WhatsApp group, with disciplinary action likely to follow.