TMC Leader Kalyan Banerjee Loses Temper, Smashes Glass Bottle During Heated Exchange With BJP MP Abhijit Gangopadhyay at Waqf Meeting (See Pic and Video)

New Delhi, October 22: A meeting of the Joint Committee on Waqf Bill turned dramatic on Tuesday when TMC member Kalyan Banerjee smashed a glass water bottle and threw it away during a heated exchange of words with BJP's Abhijit Gangopadhyay.

In the process, Banerjee hurt his thumb and index finger and had to be given first aid. He was later seen being escorted back to the meeting room by AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and AAP leader Sanjay Singh. JPC Meeting on Waqf Bill: Kalyan Banerjee Throws Bottle and Accidentally Injures Himself, Leading to Scuffle Among Members in Parliament Annexe.

Kalyan Banerjee Smashes Glass Bottle

Scuffle broke out during the Waqf JPC meeting in Parliament. According to eyewitnesses to the incident, TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee picked up a glass water bottle kept there and hit it on the table and hurt himself by accident: Sources

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TMC Leader Accidentally Injures Himself

#WATCH | Delhi: Meeting of the JPC (Joint Parliamentary Committee) on the Waqf Bill begins at the Parliament Annexe. It was halted briefly after a scuffle broke out during the meeting.

According to eyewitnesses to the incident, TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee picked up a glass water… pic.twitter.com/vTR7xMwOb5

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The TMC member was also offered soup by the officials. The committee, chaired by BJP's Jagdambika Pal, was listening to the views of a group of retired judges and lawyers when the opposition members questioned what was their stake in the bill.