TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee Takes Smart Jibe At Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla; Says No Warranty In Modis Guarantee

Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee on Tuesday left his party colleagues in splits with his antics in Lok Sabha. Banerjee used a sports metaphor to mock the NDA's failure to reach its target of '400 paar' seats. The Sreerampur MP said the Opposition's improved tally in the Lok Sabha elections was a game that had just begun. He sneered at the BJP MP's and said that the ruling party's ahankar [vanity] vanity had prevented it from securing an absolute majority.

Kalyan Banerjee referred to the hugely popular political slogan "khela hobe [game is on]" and mocked the BJP: "You said 400 paar [400+ seats]! The game has started now. There are many types of games, sir. Chu kit kit [hopscotch] is also a game. You lost the game." While taunting the BJP and NDA leaders, Kalyan Banerjee raised his arms and made faces at them.

This prompted the SPeaker to intervene and urge the TMC MP to look at him and make his address. Reacting to this, Kalyan Banerjee told Speaker Om Birla: "Sir, I look at only you. I don't look at anyone else. There is no one here smarter than you. I see you alone. Many good actresses have also come; no one looks at them. Everyone looks at you... Your behaviour towards the opposition will be remembered, sir."