Congress MPs to send ‘protest letter’ supporting Mahua which is mentioned ‘dangerous’ & ‘criminal’ in ethics committee report
New Delhi: Ethics committee’s proposal to disqualify Trinamool MP Mahua Maitra as Member of Parliament. On the Ethics Committee meeting, 6 Members out of 11, casted vote in favour of the proposal to dismiss Mahua’s Membership. Four opposition MPs opposed the proposal, they are V Vaithilingam of Congress, T Natarajan of CPI, Giridhari Yadav of JDU and Danish Ali of BSP. The proposal will be submitted to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday. Another Congress MP participated in the committee’s voting on Thursday, Praneet Kaur, Wife of BJP leader and former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh. It is because of her husband that she has now left away from the Congress camp. In Ethics Committee’s voting, she supported the BJP MPs and voted against Mahua. Meanwhile, Congress MP Naresh Uttam Kumar Reddy could not participate in the polling on this day as he is in Telangana. He was unable to attend the polls as he went to his home state to file nominations. The winter session of Parliament is likely to begin in the second week of December. At that time, the future of Trinamool MP can be decided. As a result, the problem of Mahua is considered to be increasing gradually.
Not only MP posts are dismissed, the ethics committee has raised one explosive charge after another in the draft report proposed against Mahua Maitra. The main point of the 500-page report is that the Trinamool leader should be stripped of her MP post and a central agency probe should be conducted against her. According to the committee’s draft report, the Trinamool Member of Parliament has misused his position as an MP. The charges leveled against her include compromising national security. Mahua’s work is ‘highly dangerous, immoral and criminal’. It is said that what Mahua has done, she needs to be severely punished. The committee also recommended that there should be a separate investigation into Mahua’s financial dealings with Darshan Hiranandani. The ethics committee passed the draft report on Thursday. After that it will be submitted to the Speaker.
The Ethics Committee did not have any difficulty in passing this draft by its majority. However, two Congress members of the committee, Naresh Uttam Kumar Reddy and V Vaithilingam, refused to accept this report. Being a minority in the committee, it is not possible for them to prevent this draft from being passed. So they are going to write a protest letter to the Speaker against this draft. BSP MP Danish Ali is also going to write a protest letter supporting to Mahua. According to sources, the Congress MPs also wanted at least their protest to be recorded separately.
Now the question is, if this draft of the ethics committee goes to the speaker, will Mahua’s MP position be cancelled? As per rules, the Ethics Committee’s draft report will be submitted to Speaker Om Birla during the winter session of the Lok Sabha. After that the Lok Sabha will take a decision based on the discussion. If the Speaker accepts this proposal, will Mahua’s membership be cancelled. Then, Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency will be Member less.
