Trinamool leader Mahua Moitra must overcome the challenge of Bharatiya Janata party debutant Amrita Roy, the matriarch of a local royal family, if she is to win back the Krishnanagar Lok Sabha seat from which she was expelled last year.
Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra on Monday approached the Supreme Court challenging her expulsion from the Lok Sabha last week over corruption allegations.
Last week, at the customary all-party meeting convened by the government, TMC leaders demanded a discussion on the report before any decision is taken to expel Moitra from the House.
TMC MP Mahua Moitra may be expelled from the Lok Sabha after the ethics committee of the Parliament made its recommendations in the ‘cash for query’ matter.
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra stormed out of a meeting of the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee today after being asked "filthy questions" during an inquiry into allegations she took Rs 2 crore cash bribe to ask questions in Parliament.