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NEW DELHI: Three days after her expulsion from Lok Sabha, in the ‘cash-for-query’ case, 49-year-old TMC leader Mahua Moitra on Monday knocked on the doors of the Supreme Court against her expulsion from Lok Sabha, a lawyer connected to the case told TNIE.
Moitra was ousted from the Parliament last week after the Ethics Committee of the Lok Sabha found her guilty of jeopardising national security by sharing her parliamentary portal’s login credentials with businessman Darshan Hiranandani.
The development came soon after an Ethics Committee report on the cash-for-query row was tabled before the Lok Sabha. Opposition members had questioned the procedure followed by the panel and demanded a discussion on the report.
“Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and former Lok Sabha MP, Mahua Moitra has filed a petition before the Supreme Court and challenge her expulsion from the lower house of the Parliament and seek relief, in the ‘cash-for-query’ scam,” her lawyer said.
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Her lawyer further said that the petition is likely to come up for hearing, within a week or even less than that keeping in view the seriousness and gravity of the case.
“The ethics committee order is unfair, unjust and arbitrary,” her petition said.
Following her expulsion, Moitra hit out at the ethics panel for “acting without proof” and said it was becoming a “weapon” to “bulldoze” the Opposition. She alleged that the Ethics Committee and its report “broke every rule in the book”.
had reported on Sunday that Mahua was set to challenge her expulsion in the Supreme Court. Follow channel on WhatsApp
NEW DELHI: Three days after her expulsion from Lok Sabha, in the ‘cash-for-query’ case, 49-year-old TMC leader Mahua Moitra on Monday knocked on the doors of the Supreme Court against her expulsion from Lok Sabha, a lawyer connected to the case told TNIE.
Moitra was ousted from the Parliament last week after the Ethics Committee of the Lok Sabha found her guilty of jeopardising national security by sharing her parliamentary portal’s login credentials with businessman Darshan Hiranandani.
The development came soon after an Ethics Committee report on the cash-for-query row was tabled before the Lok Sabha. Opposition members had questioned the procedure followed by the panel and demanded a discussion on the report.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });
“Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and former Lok Sabha MP, Mahua Moitra has filed a petition before the Supreme Court and challenge her expulsion from the lower house of the Parliament and seek relief, in the ‘cash-for-query’ scam,” her lawyer said.
READ MORE | Mahua Moitra’s political odyssey: From banker to parliamentarian and the explosive exit
Her lawyer further said that the petition is likely to come up for hearing, within a week or even less than that keeping in view the seriousness and gravity of the case.
“The ethics committee order is unfair, unjust and arbitrary,” her petition said.
Following her expulsion, Moitra hit out at the ethics panel for “acting without proof” and said it was becoming a “weapon” to “bulldoze” the Opposition. She alleged that the Ethics Committee and its report “broke every rule in the book”.
had reported on Sunday that Mahua was set to challenge her expulsion in the Supreme Court. Follow channel on WhatsApp
