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Mahua Moitra expulsion
December 14 , 2023
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- Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra was expelled from Lok Sabha on the recommendation of an ethics committee.
- She was accused of taking bribes, including crore in cash and gifts, for asking questions critical of the government in parliament.
- Parliamentary Affairs Minister moved a motion to expel the leader for her "unethical conduct", and it was adopted by a voice vote.
- In Lok Sabha, the privileges committee looks into complaints raised by MPs against officials, media or other MPs.
- The ethics panel is the only committee that probes a layperson's complaints against lawmakers of Lok Sabha.
- Ms Moitra has challenged her Lok Sabha expulsion in the Supreme Court.
- Although Article 122 of the Constitution gives immunity to proceedings in parliament from being challenged in court, she can exercise certain legal rights.
- The Ethics Committee looks into what is termed as unethical conduct of the MPs.
- Unethical conduct has not been defined by the Rules.
- In December 2005, 11 MPs - 10 from Lok Sabha and one from Rajya Sabha - were expelled over a cash-for-query scandal.
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