In Waqf Bill Row, Trinamool's Kalyan Banerjee Smashes Glass, Injures Thumb

Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee injured his right hand and had to be given first aid at a medical centre inside the Parliament complex.

There was drama, and broken glass and bandages, Tuesday - courtesy Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee - as a joint parliamentary committee met to study amendments to the Waqf Board Bill. #WATCH | Delhi: Meeting of the JPC (Joint Parliamentary Committee) on the Waqf Bill begins at the Parliament Annexe. It was halted briefly after a scuffle broke out during the meeting.According to eyewitnesses to the incident, TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee picked up a glass water… pic.twitter.com/vTR7xMwOb5

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 Aam Aadmi Party 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.