BJP planning to expel Mahua Moitra from Lok Sabha, says West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
The Hindu
Mamata Banerjee warns BJP of consequences if they expel MP Mahua Moitra. She also defends her party's scam-tainted leadership, vowing to arrest 8 BJP leaders if 4 TMC MLAs are arrested. She cautions her party supporters to keep an eye on the situation and warns her political opponents of same fate once out of power.
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 Mahua was capable enough of defending herself. Earlier this month, the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee had recommended expulsion of Ms. Moitra.
The Trinamool Congress chairperson also came to the defence of the party’s scam tainted leadership. “I don’t believe that they are thieves,” the Chief Minister said addressing party rank and file at Kolkata’s Netaji Indoor Stadium.
Several leaders of Trinamool Congress including four MLAs and a sitting Minister are behind bars for their alleged involvement in scams which are being probed by central investigating agencies.
“Four of our MLAs are being put in prison. They think by doing this they will reduce our numbers. From the party I am making this announcement that if they arrest four we will arrest eight of their leaders,” Ms. Banerjee said.
Among those arrested from the Trinamool is sitting Minister Jyoti Priya Mallick, former Education Minister Partha Chatterjee and MLAs Manik Bhattacharya and Jiban Krishna Saha. Another key Trinamool leader behind bars is Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal.
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