Removing Mahua Moitra from LS will help her become more popular: Mamata breaks her silence

Moitra was recently tasked with strengthening the TMC organisation in West Bengal’s Nadia district ahead of the 2024 general elections.

The Lok Sabha Ethics Committee has submitted its draft report to Speaker Om Birla, recommending her expulsion.

The CM also announced that she will lead a delegation of her party MPs in Delhi next month, and seek a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to demand the release of central dues for West Bengal. Banerjee was addressing a party meeting at Netaji Indoor Stadium.

“We will again go to Delhi to protest against the non-payment of Central dues to West Bengal. In the second or third week of December, I will go to Delhi. I will also call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a meeting on this with a delegation of all our MPs. If he gives us time, we will place our demands before him. If not, we will take to the streets to air our protest,” she said.

The Chief Minister also asked her MLAs in Bengal to stage a dharna in front of the Ambedkar statue inside West Bengal Legislative Assembly on December 28, 29 and 30 over the issue.

She also warned the BJP of a tit-for-tat move if central investigative agencies continue to arrest Trinamool Congress leaders.

“If they have four of my MLAs in jail, I have also decided to arrest eight of their people as we have cases against them,” she said.

Last month, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested state minister Jyoti Priya Mallick in connection with the alleged PDA scam. Last year, state minister Partha Chatterjee, party MLAs Manik Bhattacharya and Jiban Krishna Saha were arrested in connection with the school jobs scam.