TMC Infighting Snowballs As Firefight Between MPs Spills Over To WhatsApp Group, BJP Shares Chat – News18
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The matter escalated and reached Mamata Banerjee, who reportedly requested each MPs to face down, the BJP claimed.
TMC MPs Kalyan Banerjee and Mahua Moitra | File Picture/PTI
The Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) on Monday shared the chats of TMC MPs Kalyan Banerjee and Kirti Azad combating amongst themselves on the occasion’s official WhatsApp group.
BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya mentioned the heated WhatsApp trade between the occasion leaders happened after the general public spat between TMC MPs, reportedly Kalyan Banerjee and Mahua Moitra, on the Election Fee headquarters, the place that they had gone to submit a celebration illustration.
“It seems the occasion had instructed its MPs to assemble on the Parliament workplace to signal the memorandum earlier than continuing to the EC. Nevertheless, the MP (Kalyan Banerjee) carrying the memorandum skipped the Parliament assembly and went on to the EC,” Malviya mentioned in an X put up.
He additional claimed that Banerjee’s transfer angered Moitra, who confronted him after they got here head to head on the ballot panel’s headquarters. “A heated trade ensued, with each shouting at one another to the extent that one in all them requested the police personnel current to step in,” the BJP chief mentioned.
The matter escalated and reached Mamata Banerjee, who reportedly requested each MPs to face down, Malviya claimed.
In accordance with Malviya, the infighting quickly intensified and prolonged to the WhatsApp group ‘AITC MP 2024’, the place Kalyan Banerjee and Kirti Azad, who supported Moitra, clashed.
Check out the screengrab of the WhatsApp chats shared by the BJP:
On 4th April 2024, two TMC MPs had a public spat on the headquarters of the Election Fee of India, the place that they had gone to submit a illustration. It seems the occasion had instructed its MPs to assemble on the Parliament workplace to signal the memorandum earlier than continuing to the… pic.twitter.com/BwqQRE8FhI— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) April 7, 2025
TMC Infigting Snowballs
Sources instructed CNN-News18 that the altercation between TMC MPs Kalyan Banerjee and Mahua Moitra happened earlier than the occasion delegation visited the Election Fee headquarters. A day earlier, Banerjee had signed a deputation letter on behalf of some MPs, which notably didn’t embody Moitra’s identify.
The next day, when the TMC delegation arrived on the EC workplace, Moitra confronted Banerjee, resulting in a heated trade. Through the argument, Moitra requested safety personnel to intervene and demanded Banerjee’s arrest, alleging misconduct in the direction of a lady MP.
Subsequently, each leaders lodged complaints with occasion chief Mamata Banerjee.
Sources additionally clarified that Moitra had not been instructed to signal the occasion’s memorandum. Solely MPs Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Sajda Ahmed, Kirti Azad, Pratima Mondal, Asit Kumar Mal, Abu Taher Khan, and Bapi Mandal had been requested to signal the doc.
TMC is anticipated to launch an inquiry to establish who leaked the chats from the occasion’s official WhatsApp group, with disciplinary motion prone to observe.
