Hearing on Mahua's petition today in Supreme Court, TMC leader challenges expulsion from Lok Sabha

The petition of Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra, who lost her MP in the cash for query case, will be heard in the Supreme Court today. The case will be heard by a bench headed by Justice Sanjeev Khanna. Moitra had on Wednesday requested a speedy hearing on the petition. Following this, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud assured that the apex court would look into the matter on an urgent list.

Mahua, a Trinamool Congress MP, was suspended from the Lok Sabha last week on charges of taking money and sharing her Parliament login password. He had accused the Ethics Committee of the Lok Sabha, which recommended his removal, of deciding for him without sufficient evidence and arbitrariness. In her petition, Moitra challenged the disqualification and said that she was not allowed to defend herself in the Lok Sabha.

Mahua Moitra had approached the Supreme Court on Monday against taking away her Lok Sabha membership. After being embroiled in the cash-for-exchange issue and the report being presented in the Lok Sabha by the Ethics Committee, he was expelled from the House by the Speaker during voting. Against this, the TMC MP has filed a petition in the Supreme Court.

Let us tell you that Bharatiya Janata Party MP from the Doda Lok Sabha seat of Jharkhand, Nishikant Dubey, in his letter to the Speaker, had said that he had received a letter from a lawyer. Mahua's former friend Jai Anant, to whom he had written to Moitra and well-known Has shared evidence of an exchange of bribes between business tycoon Darshan Hiranandani for asking questions.

It appears that Jai has conducted detailed research based on which he has concluded that recently, Moitra asked almost 50 of the total 61 questions asked by him in Parliament to protect the business interests of Darshan Hiranandani and his company. Had taken. However, Mahua Moitra, referring to Jai Ananth, said that the allegations were based on lies.