BJP shares screenshots of alleged spat between top Trinamool Congress MPs: 'Who is versatile international lady?'

File photo of Trinamool Congress MPs Kalyan Banerjee and Kirti Azad. (PTI)

Bharatiya Janata Party's I-T cell head Amit Malviya on Tuesday claimed that two Members of Parliament of the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal got embroiled in an altercation at the office of the Election Commission of India in Delhi last week which spilled on to the party's WhatsApp group.

Sharing screenshots of the purported chat on the 'AITC MP 2024' group, Malviya claimed that "warring camps" within the party "took sides and traded barbs".

He also highlighted the reference to a "versatile international lady" and said it was a mystery for the world to unravel.

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

According to Malviya's post, it all began on April 4, 2025, when two TMC MPs visited the headquarters of the ECI to submit a representation. Malviya said that the party may have 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, angering another MP, who confronted him when they came face to face at the Commission.

"A heated exchange followed, with the two shouting at each other — so much so that one of them asked the police personnel present to intervene. The matter escalated quickly and reached Mamata Banerjee, who reportedly asked both MPs to stand down," Malviya claimed in his post.

However, the matter did not end there and spilled over into the ‘AITC MP 2024’ WhatsApp group, where "warring camps took sides and traded barbs", Malviya said, sharing screenshots of the purported group chats on his X handle.

He also shared four videos of the purported altercation that appeared to show senior TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee losing his cool at someone with other party leaders including Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien trying to pacify him.

Soon after the public spat between two TMC MPs in the precincts of the Election Commission of India on 4th April 2025, the irate MP continued slandering the Versatile International Lady (VIL)This is the stuff legends are made of! pic.twitter.com/dsubQrmQUj Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) April 8, 2025

The screenshots carried a reference to a "versatile international lady" by Kalyan Banerjee in one of the purported group chats.

"And 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," Malviya added.