Parliament Winter Session 2023 Highlights: Mahua Moitra expelled from Lok Sabha in cash for query case

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VIDEO | “It is an unfortunate event. The House has relied on a very erroneous report, a report which has no legal basis, and a report which has violated every principle of natural justice and has violated the procedure of evidence,” says Congress leader @KartiPC on expulsion of… pic.twitter.com/PEqlqME0ZF

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) December 8, 2023

VIDEO | “I don’t understand how the (Parliament) members will go through these 495 pages within half an hour and how all the speakers will take a decision. I congratulate the INDIA alliance for being united, and we will fight back. In this case, Mahua is a victim of the… pic.twitter.com/HZqG1ncRfO

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) December 8, 2023

“Earlier too Congress had suspended 10 MPs in a day. This isn’t happening for the first time. Yes, it might be happening for the first time in the history of West Bengal…The accused can never present his side in the Lok Sabha, if the accused has to present the side it has to be in front of the Ethics Committee. Mahua Moitra was called before the committee. She presented her side for some time. Later, when she had to answer the questions, she could not answer and ran away… If you had to give any answer, you should have given it in front of the committee,” says West Bengal BJP chief and MP Sukanta Majumdar.

“I am telling you that Mahua (Moitra) is a victim of the circumstances. I strongly condemn it…Our party will fight along with the INDIA alliance…It is unfortunate for democracy,” says Mamata Banerjee in support of Mahua Moitra.

“Entire case against me based on sharing of login details, but no rules govern this aspect,” Mahua Moitra after expulsion from Lok Sabha.

TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay says, “They did not let us speak…they tried to muffle the democratic tradition…parties of INDIA alliance came together on this.”

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra was expelled from the Lok Sabha in the alleged cash for query case on Friday, December 8. The Ethics Committee report recommending Moitra’s expulsion was tabled in the Lower House which was adopted by a voice vote. Read more details here.

“The Ethics Committee has no power to expel. This is the beginning of your (BJP) end,” says Mahua Moitra after her expulsion as TMC MP.

#WATCH | Mahua Moitra on her expulsion as a Member of the Lok Sabha says, “…If this Modi government thought that by shutting me up they could do away with the Adani issue, let me tell you this that this kangaroo court has only shown to all of India that the haste and the abuse… pic.twitter.com/DKBnnO4Q0d

— ANI (@ANI) December 8, 2023

#WATCH | Mahua Moitra leaves from Parliament after her expulsion as TMC MP pic.twitter.com/MY8tZLsRTm

— ANI (@ANI) December 8, 2023

“I am 49 years old, I will fight you (BJP) for the next 30 years inside Parliament, outside Parliament,” says TMC MP Mahua Moitra after Lok Sabha adopted a motion to expel her from the House.

#WATCH | Opposition MPs in Parliament premises after they stage walkout following Lok Sabha adopting motion to expel Mahua Moitra as TMC MP pic.twitter.com/5RJ9kaFWPN

— ANI (@ANI) December 8, 2023

Lok Sabha proceedings adjourned for the day after House expels TMC MP Mahua Moitra for ‘unethical conduct’.