Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee was suspended for the remaining period of the monsoon session of Parliament for reportedly using “unsavoury language” against women members. The session that began on July 20 will end on August 13.The 69-year-old leader had a heated exchange with some of his former party colleagues and NCPI MPs in the Lok Sabha chamber after the House was adjourned following an uproar by the Opposition.As many as 20 Trinamool MPs had revolted against the party leadership after TMC’s defeat in the West Bengal Assembly elections and joined the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI). They have started sitting separately, away from the Trinamool MPs in the Lok Sabha.The drama occurred after the House was adjourned for the second time at 12 pm. Banerjee, who was leaving the Lok Sabha chamber, allegedly shouted “traitor” while looking at the NCPI members – including Mitali Bag, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and Shatabdi Roy.This led to a heated exchange between Banerjee and his former colleagues, even as some other MPs tried to intervene and bring the situation under control. On being asked what had happened by some of the opposition MPs, Banerjee left the House.Bagh, Dastidar and some other NCPI members subsequently went to meet Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in his chamber apparently to raise the issue.As soon as the House assembled at 2 pm after the second adjournment of the day, Krishna Prasad Tenneti, who was chairing the proceedings, referred to a complaint filed by members with the Speaker against Banerjee and said his remarks had hurt the dignity of the House.He then asked Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal to read out a resolution seeking the consent of the House to suspend Banerjee. The resolution was passed by a voice vote amid sloganeering by Opposition members over the NEET paper leak and other issues.