Ethics panel recommends Mahua Moitra’s expulsion from Lok Sabha; what’s next?

The parliament ethics committee on Thursday approved the draft report on the cash-for-query allegations against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, with six members voting in favour and four against.

The panel, headed by BJP MP Vinod Kumar Sonkar met in the evening to adopt the report.

“A report had been drafted by the ethics committee on the allegations against Mahua Moitra. The report has been drafted in today's meeting. Six members supported the report while four members submitted their dissent notes,” Sonkar told reporters after the meeting.

He said a detailed report will be submitted to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday. “The action, whatever it is, will be taken by the Speaker”.