The Ethics Committee Chairman, Vinod Sonkar, tabled the committee’s report recommending Moitra’s disqualification. However, the lower house did not address the matter.
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm amid opposition uproar over report recommending TMC member Mahua Moitra’s expulsion from lower house.
Vinod Sonkar, tabled the committee’s report recommending Moitra’s disqualification. However, the lower house did not address the matter.
The report was earlier listed in the agenda of the lower house for December 4 but was not tabled.
Meanwhile, Mahua Moitra was quoted as saying by ANI, “Maa Durga aa gayi hai, ab dekhenge…Jab naash manuj par chhata hai, pehle vivek mar jaata hai. They have started ‘vastraharan’ and now you will watch ‘Mahabharat ka rann’.”
Speaker Birla said the matter is listed, and he will give time to the MPs to speak when the business is taken up.
“The matter has not been taken up yet. Question Hour is your time, you can ask questions,” he said.
“This is not as per the rules of procedure. It is there in the list of business, when it is taken up I will provide you enough time to speak,” Birla said. As the din continued, the speaker adjourned the House till 12 noon.