India, May 28 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee on Thursday hit back at party colleague Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar over her allegations of verbal abuse inside the Lok Sabha, questioning the timing of her complaint and alleging that it was driven by "motive".

Addressing a press conference, Banerjee said any such incident on the floor of the House must be immediately reported to the Lok Sabha Speaker, and questioned why the complaint was raised later, ANI news agency reported.

TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla seeking permission to file a formal complaint against Banerjee, accusing him of repeatedly verbally abusing her inside Parliament, HT reported earlier on Thursday.

"I seek your permission to l...