The Trinamool Congress — whose leadership has so far maintained a careful silence on the BJP’s allegations that MP Mahua Moitra accepted cash to ask questions in Parliament — has now officially distanced itself from its beleaguered MP.
“We have nothing to say... The party has nothing to say at this point of time,” Trinamool Congress (TMC) spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said, when asked about the allegations on Saturday. Mr. Ghosh added that only Ms. Moitra, against whom the allegations were made, could comment on the issue, not the party.
The TMC’s decision to distance itself from the Krishnanagar MP has not come as a surprise; Ms. Moitra, though popular in Delhi’s political circles, is not influential as far as the party organisation is concerned. Though she served as an MLA from Karimpur in Nadia from 2016 to 2019, she never got any ministerial post in the State government or any key post in the party organisation.
