Why Lok Sabha ethics committee recommended expulsion of TMC MP Mahua Moitra from House on November 9??
After weeks of intense political bickering and high drama, the lok sabha Ethics Committee on thursday recommended the expulsion of trinamool congress mp mahua moitra in ‘cash-for-query’ matter. In her first reaction after the panel’s recommendation, Moitra called it a “pre-fixed match by a kangaroo court. The Parliamentary committee, headed by bjp mp Vinod Kumar Sonkar, met in delhi and adopted its 479-page report recommending Moitra’s expulsion from the Lower house for accepting “illegal gratifications” from a businessman to raise questions in parliament at his behest.Six of the 10 members present during the panel’s meeting reportedly voted in support of her expulsion from the house, and four opposition MPs recorded their disapproval. In possibly the first such action against an mp, the committee recommended Moitra’s expulsion from the lok sabha for “unethical conduct” and “contempt of the House”, news agency quoting sources. Reacting to the recommendations of the report, Moitra said that even the lok sabha expels her, she will be back to the house with a bigger mandate.The report, which will be submitted to lok sabha Speaker Om Birla, also charged BSP member of the committee Danish ali with unruly conduct and spreading rumors and sought that he should be admonished for twisting the intent of questions posed by Sonkar to Moitra during her deposition on november 2. ali had then accused him of asking indecent questions to a woman mp and has stormed out of the meeting along with four other opposition members besides Moitra. The BSP mp said the committee acted in a hurry and accused it of double standards. Trouble for Moitra began when bjp mp Nishikant Dubey forwarded a complaint against the trinamool congress member by lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai to the lok sabha Speaker, accusing her of taking bribes for asking questions in the house at the behest of businessman Hiranandani to target the adani Group and prime minister Narendra Modi.Moitra has denied the charge of receiving any pecuniary benefit.