New Delhi: Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra, known for her fiery speeches, was expelled from the Lok Saba on Friday after a debate on the cash-for-question allegations.
As Mahua Moitra was not allowed to speak in the Lok Sabha during the debate despite the Trinamool’s request to make her the speaker on behalf of the party during the debate.
After the voting which was in favour of Mahua Moitra’s expulsion, the Trinamool leader read out her statement outside the Lok Sabha which she prepared.
Reiterating that it was the conduct of a kangaroo court, Mahua Moitra said there was no evidence of cash. Darshan Hiranandani was not heard by the ethics committee either, Mahua Moitra said. “There was no evidence of any cash, any gifts anywhere. The recommendation of expulsion was solely based on the complaint that I shared my login. But there is no rule whatsoever in this regard,” Mahua Moitra said.
“…This House accepts the conclusions of the Committee that MP Mahua Moitra’s conduct was immoral and indecent as an MP. So, it is not appropriate for her to continue as an MP…” Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said.
The ethics committee report which recommended the expulsion of Mahua Moitra was tabled on Friday and within hours the West Bengal MP was expelled. Both the Congress and the Trinamool sought more time to go through the report.
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