Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra was expelled from the Lok Sabha on Friday after the House passed a motion that supported her expulsion in connection to the cash-for-query case.
This comes after the ethics Committee's investigative report into the alleged "Unethical Conduct" of Mahua Moitra in the "cash for query" case was presented in the Lok Sabha today.
The suggestion presented by the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs in the Lok Sabha was endorsed through a verbal vote.
Meanwhile, high drama is underway at the Lok Sabha after Mahua Moitra's expulsion as the opposition staged a walkout.
Outside the Parliament, she said, “The ethics committee, without getting to the root of the case, decided to hang me. It refused to summon the businessman to testify, and there is np evidence of any cash or any gifts."
The comprehensive report recommended the expulsion of Mahua Moitra from the Seventeenth Lok Sabha, citing "serious misdemeanors" on her part and asserting that her actions warranted severe punishment.
The committee also proposed an "intense, legal, institutional inquiry" by the central government in a "time-bound manner" to delve into the highly objectionable, unethical, heinous, and criminal conduct attributed to Mahua Moitra.
The Ethics Committee further called for a government investigation into the 'money trail' of cash transactions between Mahua Moitra and Darshan Hiranandani as part of a potential 'quid pro quo' arrangement. The committee emphasized that the inquiry should be conducted by the Government of India in a legal, institutional, and time-bound manner to ascertain the veracity of the financial transactions between the individuals involved.
