In Row Over Waqf Bill, Trinamool's Kalyan Banerjee Smashes Glass, Cuts Thumb | Read

There was drama, and broken glass and bandages, Tuesday - courtesy Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee - as a joint parliamentary committee met to study amendments to the Waqf Board Bill.

The energetic Mr Banerjee - who made headlines December after mimicking Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, as opposition MPs protested on Parliament's steps - slammed a glass bottle on the table while arguing with Abhijit Gangopadhyay, a BJP MP and ex judge of the Calcutta High Court.

Mr Banerjee injured his right hand and had to be given first aid; he was escorted, by AAP MP Sanjay Singh and AIMIM MP and chief Asaduddin Owaisi, to the Parliament's medical centre and treated for a 1.5-centimetre laceration on his right thumb and a cut on his little finger.