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The Lok Sabha Secretariat on Friday issued a notification announcing the expulsion of Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra from the lower house.
The notification came hours after Moitra was expelled from the Lok Sabha as the House adopted a report of its Ethics Committee that held her guilty of accepting gifts and illegal gratification from a businessman to further his interest.
"Consequent on the adoption of a Motion by the Lok Sabha on the 8th December, 2023 expelling Smt. Mahua Moitra, an elected member from the Krishnanagar Parliamentary Constituency of West Bengal from the membership of Lok Sabha, Smt. Mahua Moitra has ceased to be a member of Lok Sabha with effect from the 8th December, 2023 afternoon," the notification read.
After a heated debate over the panel report during which Moitra was not allowed to speak, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi moved a motion to expel the Trinamool member for "unethical conduct", which was adopted by a voice vote. (PTI Input)
The BJP on Friday said Mahua Moitra's expulsion from the Lok Sabha was an "apt decision" and that there was no ground left for the TMC leader to remain an MP as there was proof of the "bribe-for-query" allegations levelled against her.
The Lok Sabha on Friday expelled Moitra after the House adopted the report of its Ethics Committee that held her guilty of sharing her Parliament login credentials with others and accepting gifts and illegal gratification from a Dubai-based businessman to ask questions in the Lower House in his favour.
Speaking to reporters in the Parliament Complex, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said, "This is not an issue of women. Questions were asked (to Moitra) about money and some gifts. She admitted that she got scarfs of so-and-so brand, lipstick of so-and-so brand. She did not refuse it." Joshi said Moitra travelled to various places abroad 36 times, "for example Tokyo", and businessman Darshan Hiranandani has said that he had sponsored her travel. (PTI Input)
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Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday wrote to Speaker Om Birla urging him to postpone the debate on the Ethics Committee report on TMC member Mahua Moitra to enable members to prepare for a discussion on it.
Chowdhury said the matter was urgent and important and the members should get sufficient time to prepare themselves as the report is over 100 pages and exhaustive.
However, the Speaker has initiated a debate on the report.
Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Friday afternoon moved a motion in Lok Sabha for discussion on the panel report seeking expulsion of Moitra.
If some strict decisions have to be taken, they have to be taken to uphold dignity of House, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said. (PTI Input)
After Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra's expulsion from the Lok Sabha in connection with the 'cash for query' case, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and Ethics Committee member Aparajita Sarangi expressed disapproval of Moitra's conduct, describing it as "unethical". Moitra's removal followed a discussion on the Ethics Committee's report in the Lower House on Friday. Read the full report here.
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Locket Chatterjee, while talking about Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra's 'cash for query' case on Friday, said that "there should be no politics on the issue of national security".
Further, she added that action should be taken against someone who puts questions over national security.
"There should be no politics on the issue of national security. Action should be taken against someone who put questions over national security. Otherwise, Members of Parliament who represent 140 crore people of the country will be questionable," Locket Chatterjee told ANI.
Janata Dal (United) MP Giridhari Yadav on Friday said he does not upload questions on the Lok Sabha's website himself as he does not know how to operate a computer, as the Lower House decided to expel Trinamool Congress (TMC) member Mahua Moitra over the allegation that she shared her log-in credentials with outsiders and took a bribe for asking questions.
Yadav, who is a member of the Lok Sabha's ethics panel and was among the opposition MPs who staged a walkout from the committee meeting alleging that Moitra was asked personal and irrelevant questions, took a jibe at the ruling dispensation and questioned why BJP MP Nishikant Dubey was called for questioning while businessman Darshan Hiranandani was not. (PTI Inputs)
On Mahua Moitra's expulsion from Lok Sabha, West Bengal minister & TMC leader Dr. Shashi Panja says,"...A woman in power is something which BJP cannot tolerate....How did they think this expulsion was enough to mute her just because she spoke against BJP? In 2024, she will contest the elections."
On Mahua Moitra's expulsion from Lok Sabha, JMM MP Dr Mahua Maji says, "The way this is done is undemocratic. The allegations against her have not been proven yet. This is a part of a conspiracy to silence the Opposition."
On the expulsion of Mahua Moitra as TMC MP, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi says, "In 2005, when 10 MPs were expelled, at the time the report was presented on the same day..."
On the expulsion of Mahua Moitra as TMC MP, BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi says, I am also a woman, I want to say that whether woman or man, we all are MPs...as per the system, both women and men MPs need to work...Mahua Moitra has done unethical conduct, so it should be condemned. If opposition is standing with her then they are supporting a wrong thing"
TMC chairperson Mamata Banerjee expressed deep disappointment and condemnation today in the wake of Mahua Moitra's expulsion from the Lok Sabha.
On the expulsion of Mahua Moitra as TMC MP, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi says, " Decision was taken based on the statement of the person who levelled the allegation. It is against the natural course of justice ..."
On Mahua Moitra's expulsion as a Member of the Lok Sabha, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram says, " ...So the committee came to a conclusion that she is criminal but in the next line, the committee recommends for an intense legal institutional inquiry by Govt of India in a time bound manner. After finding somebody criminal, why are you asking for an inquiry? This recommendation itself is completely contradictory...the person who drafted it has to read it again..."
On Lok Sabha Ethics Panel recommending expulsion of Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra in cash-for-query case,Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas said, "A vocal, articulate member is being dismissed from Lok Sabha. She has been a vocal critic of the Modi government. The charges which have been hurled at her (Mahua Moitra) are so flimsy that they don't stand a scrutiny".
Cash for query matter | TMC's Mahua Moitra expelled as a Member of the Lok Sabha; House adjourned till 11th December. Speaker Om Birla says, "...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..."
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TMC MP Mahua Moitra was on Friday expelled from the Lok Sabha over the 'cash for query' matter. The Ethics Committee report was tabled in the House today.
The Lok Sabha Ethics Committee on Friday recommended that Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra be expelled over the cash-for-query allegations. This comes after the panel presented its report on Moitra's cash-for-question allegations in the Lok Sabha. The case involves allegations made by Bharatiya Janata Party MP Nishikant Dubey that Moitra accepted bribes from businessman Darshan Hiranandani in order to target the Adani Group. Dubey made these allegations in a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.
The panel's first report was tabled by Ethics Committee Chairman Vinod Kumar Sonkar on Friday when the Lower House reconvened at noon following an adjournment due to a commotion during Question Hour. The report was obtained by ABP News.
"The serious misdeeds committed by Mahua Moitra call for harsh punishment." "As a result, the Committee recommends that Mahua Moitra, MP be expelled from the Seventeenth Lok Sabha," the report stated.
The report called for an investigation by the government, saying, "In view of highly objectionable, unethical, heinous and criminal conduct of Mahua Moitra, the Committee recommends for an intense, legal, institutional inquiry by the Government of India in a time-bound manner."
The Committee also recommended that the government conduct an investigation into the'money trail' of cash transactions between Mahua Moitra and Darshan Hiranandani as part of the 'quid pro quo'. "The 'money trail' of cash transaction between Smt Mahua Moitra and Shri Darshan Hiranandani as a part of 'quid pro quo' should be investigated by the Government of India in a legal, institutional and time-bound manner," the report went on to say.
The Ethics Committee report was tabled in the lower house amid a commotion caused by TMC MPs. On November 9, the Ethics Committee, which investigated allegations made by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, issued a 500-page report recommending Moitra's expulsion from the 17th Lok Sabha due to her "highly objectionable, unethical, heinous, and criminal conduct."
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