The Bengal BJP has vehemently attacked senior Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee for his "below par demonour" as a Member of Parliament.

Banerjee got a sliced finger from a broken glass bottle during a reported tiff during a parliamentary committee meeting between him and saffron MP and former Calcutta High Court Justice Abhijeet Gangopadhyay, sources said. 

 While Banerjee would not comment on what transpired during the meeting citing parliamentary "rules" Justice Gangopadhyay said, "like always Kalyan has been rude to me today also and broken glass bottle and a cut in his fingers will tell it all … the abusive language he uses is unbecoming of a parliamentarian."

Earlier he had said that "a persons demenour and verbal conduct always tells his upbringing and lessons one gets from one's parents."

While the TMC leadership maintained a measured silence particularly at a time when it has been on the back foot in the wake of the mass upheaval post Kolkata lady doctor rape and murder case, the BJP lapped up the opportunity to mount a scathing attack on the TMC and Banerjee  

"We severely condemn Kalyan Banerjee's conduct as a parliamentarian as also his party leadership's silent approval what he has done in the parliamentary committee," said TMC MLA Shankar Ghosh adding when a parliamentary committee member of Banerjee's seniority "does some act it cannot be said that he has done it in a fit of rage … more so because he is a senior advocate."

He said that the words often used by Kalyan Banerjee's and "his conduct towards people is a proof enough of the fact that his party endorses his behavior and the culture which the TMC expects its men and leaders to follow… where a party's top leadership acts criminally and where its topmost leadership approves of criminal activities inside hospitals and educational institutions one can easily understand why Bengal is languishing in every respect today and why the law and order situation in this State is the worse in the country."

According to sources the tussle ensued when Banerjee allegedly tried to speak out of turn but was stopped from speaking as he had already spoken thrice. An enraged MP then picked up a glass bottle, broke it and hurled it away, sources said.

The meeting was o the Centre's new laws on Waqf properties. Reacting on the issue BJP leaders said that the "Bengal ruled by the TMC is the one State where maximum has corruption has taken place around the Waqf properties … and during the elections the same TMC tries to generate a general fear among the Muslims and win the elections despite cheating them of their property."