West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on November 23 said that the BJP leadership is planning to expel her party MP Mahua Moitra from the Lok Sabha.
“Their (BJP leadership) plan is to expel Mahua (Moitra). This will only make her more popular. For three months she will say what she was saying inside the Parliament to the media outside. How does it matter? Only those who are stupid can make such an attempt,” Ms. Banerjee said addressing a gathering of Trinamool Congress leaders in Kolkata.
A few weeks ago the Trinamool Congress leadership had appointed Ms. Moitra as the president of the party’s Krishnanagar organisational district. Trinamool general secretary Abhishek Banerjee had also come in support of the Krishnanagar MP, who is embroiled in cash for query controversy, by saying that Ms. Moitra was capable enough of defending herself. Earlier this month, the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee had recommended expulsion of Ms. Moitra.
