The expulsion of Mahua Moitra, the Trinamool Congress MP from the Lok Sabha is unique in many respects. Firstly, it is not clear whether the Ethics Committee of Lok Sabha has the jurisdiction and the mandate to recommend expulsion. The principal charge against Moitra was that she received money for asking questions in Parliament from …
With the Ethics Committee of Lok Sabha set to table its report, recommending expulsion of Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, on Monday, the first day of the Winter Session of Parliament, Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury wrote to Speaker Om Birla Saturday, underlining that expulsion was an “extremely serious punishment”. He also …
Cash-for-query case: As the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee report recommending the expulsion of Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra in the cash-for-query case, the Congress Lok Sabha leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday wrote to Speaker Om Birla demanding a relook and appropriately reviewing the rules and processes on the functioning of parliamentary committees. The …
New Delhi: The Parliamentary Ethics Committee looking into the cash-for-query issue has cited concerns about national security while indicting Mahua Moitra for login sharing. The panel formally decided today to recommend her expulsion from parliament. Here’s your 10-Point cheatsheet in this big story: Darshan Hiranandani lives abroad, sharing the password can lead to secret information …