"Mahua Will Win Battle": Mamata Banerjee Condemns Trinamool MP's Expulsion

Mahua Moitra, 49, was expelled from Lok Sabha today following an Ethics Committee report held her guilty of taking bribes in exchange for criticising the government.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee condemned the expulsion of her party MP Mahua Moitra from the Lok Sabha today, calling it a blatant act of "vendetta politics" by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Ms Moitra, 49, was expelled from Lok Sabha today following an Ethics Committee report held her guilty of taking bribes in exchange for criticising the government. The Trinamool leader faces accusations of receiving cash and luxurious gifts from businessman Darshan Hiranandani in exchange for posing questions in Parliament that painted the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government in a negative light.

"This is vendetta politics of BJP. They killed democracy....It is injustice. Mahua will win the battle. The people will give a befitting reply to the BJP. They will be defeated in the next election," Chief Minister Banerjee said today.