Sharp exchanges were witnessed in the Lok Sabha between the members of Trinamool Congress (TMC) and BJP on Wednesday over alleged lynching of four women in West Bengal, forcing Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to adjourn the proceedings briefly.

The verbal duel followed as BJP member Kirit Somaiya raised the issue of alleged lynching of people, including women, in West Bengal and Kerala. Members from TMC and the Left began protesting against the allegations. Some TMC and BJP members engaged in heated exchanges. Some of the TMC members — Kalyan Banerjee and Idris Ali — walked across the Well of the House towards Somaiya, who also moved towards the Well.

Amid the uproar , the Speaker adjourned the proceedings for about ten minutes till 1230 hours. Somaiya alleged that four women were lynched and even stripped in West Bengal and he also wanted to know what the State Government was doing. This elicited noisy protests from TMC members.

He also spoke about alleged lynching incidents in Kerala prompting the Left members from the State protesting his comments.

LS adjourns briefly as TMC, BJP lock horns over lynchings in West Bengal