TMC leader Mahua Moitra moves Supreme Court against her expulsion from Lok Sabha

Trinamool Congress TMC leader Mahua Moitra has moved the Supreme Court against her expulsion from the Lok Sabha over CashforQuery allegationsMahua Moitra was on Friday expelled from the Lok Sabha after a discussion on the report of the Ethics Committee in the cash for query that was tabled in the Lower HouseMahua Moitra who was not allowed to speak during the discussion inside the House the Trinamool Congress leader read out her statement outside the Lok SabhaShe said that the Ethics committee broke every ruleThis LS has also seen the weaponisation of the Parliamentary committee Ironically the Ethics Committee which was set up to serve as a moral compass for members instead it has been abused egregiously today to do exactly what it was never meant to do which is to bulldoze the opposition and become another weapon to thok do crush us into submission Mahua Moitra saidThe opposition staged a walkout after the Lok Sabha adopted the motion to expel the TMC MPI am 49 years old and for the next 30 years I will fight you inside the Parliament and outside in the gutter and on the streetsWe will see the end of youThis is the beginning of your endWere going to come back and were going to see the end of you she addedThe expelled Lok Sabha MP alleged that she has been found guilty of breaching a code of ethics that does not existMoitra further alleged that the findings are solely based on the written testimonies of two private citizens whose versions contradict each other in material terms and her right to crossexamine them was snatchedNone of whom I was allowed to crossexamine One of the two private citizens is my estranged partner who with malafide intention masqueraded as a common citizen in front of the committee The two testimonies have been used to hang me there at polar opposites to each other she saidThe Ethics Committee report probing Unethical Conduct of the Trinamool Congress TMC MP had recommended that Moitra may be expelled from the Lok Sabha and called for an intense legal institutional inquiry by the central government in a timebound mannerThe report was adopted by a 64 majority in the panel last month The report on Moitras cashforquestions case revealed that she visited the UAE four times from 2019 to 2023 while her login was accessed several timesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever