Alleging that the two men with gas canisters who caused a security breach inside Lok Sabha were issued Parliament passes by BJP MP Pratap Simha, Trinamool Congress on Wednesday said that the lawmaker of the ruling party must be expelled as he compromised national security.
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Wednesday assured Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra that he would look into the listing of her plea against her expulsion from Lok Sabha in a cash-for-query case.
Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra's plea against her expulsion from Lok Sabha in a cash-for-query case was mentioned before the Supreme Court on Wednesday for an urgent hearing.
"The central government should release the funds that are due. This is our right. However, if they try to create a financial blockade, we will hit the streets," TMC leader Kunal Ghosh said.
Mahua Moitra was on Friday expelled from the Lok Sabha after a discussion on the report of the Ethics Committee in the 'cash for query' that was tabled in the Lower House.
"When the BJP sends central agencies to harass TMC, Congress says big things and supports them but when their own leaders are raided, they feel bad," said Ghosh.
Speaking to ANI on Saturday, the Punjab BJP Chief said that TMC leader Mahua Moitra, who was expelled from the Lok Sabha in cash for the query case, is just an "excuse" that the leaders of the opposition parties are joining together against the ruling BJP.
Avoiding making a comment on the expulsion of Mahua Moitra from the 17th Lok Sabha in cash for the query case, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, who was one of the complainants in the matter, termed the suspension of the TMC leader a 'sad day'.
Targeting the Bharatiya Janata Party over the explusion of TMC MP Mahua Moitra from the 17th Lok Sabha in a 'cash for query' case, TMC leader Chandrima Bhattacharya on Friday said that Moitra's expulsion is an example of BJP atrocities against women.
Opposition leaders on Friday questioned the Lok Sabha Ethics Panel recommendation for expelling Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra and accused BJP-led government of indulging in 'vendetta politics'.
Following the explusion of TMC MP Mahua Moitra from the the 17th Lok Sabha in a 'cash for query' case, TMC leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay on Friday said that justice has been denied to Mahua Moitra.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi said that the expulsion of Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra from Lok Sabha is against the "natural course of justice".