India, Aug. 5 -- TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee on Tuesday launched a fresh attack against party colleague Mahua Moitra and seemingly expressed regret for defending her during the 2023 Lok Sabha expulsion row.

In a post shared on X on Tuesday, Kalyan Banerjee said he "owed the nation an apology" for coming to Moitra's defence.

Kalyan Banerjee's post comes a day after he abruptly resigned from the post of chief whip for the Trinamool Congress in Lok Sabha.

"In 2023, I stood by Ms. Moitra when she was under fire in Parliament - I did so out of conviction, not compulsion. Today, she repays that support by calling me a misogynist. I owe the nation an apology for having defended someone who clearly lacks basic gratitude. Let people see her words fo...