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Days after its leader Mahua Moitra was expelled from the Lok Sabha for sharing her Parliament login details, the Trinamool Congress on Wednesday asked if BJP MP Pratap Simha would be similarly expelled after two miscreants who were issued passes by him breached the House security.
“Our MP Mahua Moitra was expelled from Parliament citing that she had shared her login details, which has put national security at risk. She was expelled from the Parliament through a voice vote. Will the BJP not expel their MP Pratap Simha, who issued the passes to those miscreants who put Parliament at risk? It was Trinamool Congress and that is why the MP was expelled, but today BJP MP Pratap Simha has put the entire Parliament at risk when more than 500 lawmakers were there. What does the BJP have to say about this?” said Sashi Panja, minister for women and child welfare. “There is a new Parliament building and security has been beefed up. Yet there has been a serious security breach.”
“They (BJP) have fought a war to expel Mahua Moitra and that too, without any evidence. A voting should be made on whether the BJP MP in question should be expelled or not. The BJP needs to answer: whether they will expel the MP or not. Their answer will show if they care about national security. We are looking at what the Lok Sabha does now,” Panja said.
“BJP should immediately expel the MP who issued passes to the miscreants who entered Parliament when MPs were there, canisters in hand and later using a smoky fluid. There could have been a major incident. This is a breach of national security,” she added.
“It is very unfortunate that security of the Lok Sabha was breached. Total intelligence failure and breach of the security of elected members. This particular BJP MP connived to bring these miscreants inside. There should be strict punishment for the MP who brought them in,” said Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, TMC Lok Sabha MP through a video message.
On December 8, adopting a report submitted by the Ethics Committee which found Moitra “guilty of unethical conduct” in the cash-for-query allegations against her, the Lok Sabha expelled her amid strong objection from the Opposition. Following a heated debate where Moitra was not allowed to speak, the Opposition walked out even before the motion for expulsion was taken up for voting. The motion was passed by a voice vote.
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