The Trinamool Congress leadership on November 9 put its weight behind Member of Parliament (MP) Mahua Moitra by raising questions on why the Ethics Committee of Parliament is not taking up allegations against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs and stating that the party MP was ‘competent enough to fight her own battle’.
“I think Mahua Moitra is competent enough to fight her battle on her own... They [the agencies] have been calling me and interrogating for the past four years, trying to tag me in different cases... This has become their standard operating procedure,” Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said.
Speaking to media persons hours before the Ethics Committee adopted a report recommending expulsion of Ms. Moitra from the Lok Sabha with six members supporting and four opposing it, Mr. Banerjee raised questions on why no action has been in several pending cases in the Ethics Committee including that against BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri who ‘used foul language in the Parliament’.
