टीएमसी सांसद महुआ मोइत्रा को पैसे मांगने के आरोप में लोकसभा से निष्कासित किया गया

तृणमूल कांग्रेस की सांसद महुआ मोइत्रा को ‘प्रश्न के बदले पैसे’ मामले में लोकसभा से निष्कासित कर दिया गया है।

आचार समिति ने शुक्रवार को सदन में एक रिपोर्ट पेश की जिसमें कहा गया कि “नकद-प्रश्न” मामले में टीएमसी सांसद को निष्कासित करने की सिफारिश की।

संसदीय कार्य मंत्री प्रहलाद जोशी द्वारा पेश प्रस्ताव के पारित होने से पहले विपक्ष ने वॉकआउट कर दिया।

अपने निष्कासन पर प्रतिक्रिया व्यक्त करते हुए मोइत्रा ने कहा, “नैतिकता समिति ने मामले की जड़ तक पहुंचे बिना ही मुझे फांसी देने का फैसला कर लिया। समिति ने व्यवसायी को गवाही के लिए बुलाने से इनकार कर दिया और नकदी या किसी उपहार का कोई सबूत नहीं है।”

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Source: News18

She also called the parliament “kangaroo court”.

#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

During the Lok Sabha proceedings on Friday, another TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay requested Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla with “folded hands” to allow Moitra to speak before voting take place, but it was denied.

Later, Om Birla explained why Mahua Moitra was not giving permission to speak in the House.

“I have a copy of the traditions that were followed earlier. Former Speakers Somnath Chatterjee and Pranab Mukherjee were here earlier…The rules and traditions that they gave are considered our rules. Somnath Chatterjee had said that the Members against whom there are accusations are given ample time to speak before the Committee…This House has the tradition that the traditions followed by the previous Speakers are always further followed by the next Speakers…,” the Lok Sabha chairperson.

Mahua Moitra ‘cash for query’ case

Businessman Darshan Hiranandani, who allegedly paid Moitra to raise questions in Parliament about the Adani Group, had claimed in a signed affidavit that Moitra targeted industrialist Gautam Adani to “malign and embarrass” Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

At a meeting on 9 November, the Committee adopted its report recommending Moitra’s expulsion from the Lok Sabha over the “cash-for-query” allegation.

Six members of the panel, including suspended Congress member Preneet Kaur, voted in favour of the report. Four members of the panel belonging to opposition parties submitted dissent notes.

The opposition members termed the report a “fixed match” and said the complaint filed by BJP Lok Sabha member Nishikant Dubey, which the panel reviewed, was not supported by a “shred of evidence”.

Moitra can be expelled only if the House votes in favour of the panel’s recommendation.

With inputs from agencies