The Lok Sabha on Friday expelled Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, finding her guilty of accepting gifts and cash for raising questions in the parliament.
Lok Sabha discussed the Ethics Committee report against the Trinamool Congress MP in the cash-for-query case. The committee has recommended the expulsion of the member of the House. However, Moitra has been denied permission to talk in the house. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi moved the motion to expel Moitra and a voice vote was conducted.
Earlier today, Ethics Committee Chairman Vinod Kumar Sonkar tabled the panel's first report when the House re-convened at noon after an adjournment during the Question Hour. Trinamool Congress members and some from the Congress trooped in the Well of the House raising slogans demanding a copy of the report. Earlier, Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, urging him to give at least 48 hours to read the ethics panel report recommending the expulsion of party MP Mahua Moitra.
-with agency inputs.
