Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra Its fate will be decided today. When the Ethics Committee will present its report during the winter session. Actually Moitra has been accused of asking questions after taking money. The report has been listed for presentation in the lower house.
A proposal can be brought to abolish Moitra’s membership of Parliament.
After the presentation of the Ethics Committee report, a proposal can also be brought to abolish the membership of Mahua Moitra. Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party issued a whip on Thursday regarding the presence of its MPs in Parliament.
BJP issues a line whip to all its MPs of Lok Sabha to be present in the house on 8th December 2023 as some very important legislative business will be taken up for discussion and to support the government’s stand: BJP pic.twitter.com/mWFm6Cf7TR
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BJP issued whip for its MPs
BJP has issued a one-line whip to all its Lok Sabha MPs to be present in the House on 8 December 2023. The party said that some very important legislative work will be discussed and the government’s stand will be supported.
What is the allegation against Mahua Moitra?
Actually, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has been accused of ‘asking questions for money’. A recommendation has been made to expel him regarding this matter. Mahua Moitra was accused by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey. In which he had said that Mahua, at the behest of businessman Darshan Hiranandani, continuously attacked Adani Group and PM Modi in Parliament and raised questions related to this issue. Dubey had alleged that Mahua had received gifts from the businessman in return. Mahua was also accused of sharing the login password of his parliamentary ID with the businessman.
The Ethics Committee had on November 9 accepted the recommendation to expel Moitra on the allegations.
In one of its meetings on November 9, the committee had accepted the report recommending the expulsion of Moitra from the Lok Sabha on charges of ‘taking money and asking questions in the House’. Six members of the committee voted in favor of the report. Suspended Congress MP Preneet Kaur was also included among them. Four opposition members of the committee had given dissent notes on the report.