Overview

• Kalyan Banerjee called Mahua Moitra “low standard” and said she was not worth his time or attention, intensifying their public feud.
• Mamata Banerjee accepted his resignation and installed Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar as chief whip and Satabdi Roy as deputy leader in the Lok Sabha.
• Banerjee said a junior lawyer’s text message made him realize that engaging with Moitra was a waste of energy.
• He condemned Moitra’s earlier “pig” remark as dehumanising and a breach of basic norms of civil discourse in a post on X.
• The dispute underscores deep rifts within the Trinamool Congress as the party seeks to uphold unity ahead of the West Bengal elections.