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Govt will not pursue any action against Mahua Moitra over her Parliament remark on ex-CJI
Mahua Moitra
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Govt will not pursue any action against Mahua Moitra over her Parliament remark on ex-CJI

| @indiablooms | 09 Feb 2021, 11:23 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The central government has decided not to pursue any action against Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra over her remarks in the Parliament on a former Chief Justice of India.

On Monday evening, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi had said a privilege motion could be moved against Mahua Moitra for her remarks - seen to target former Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi.

The action would come under a rule that says that a member "shall not reflect upon the conduct of persons in high authority unless the discussion is based on a substantive motion drawn in proper terms."

However, legal options are in favour of Moitra as she spoke about a former judge and not a sitting one.

In response to no action against her, Moitra tweeted: "What? No action? Just when I was gearing up to fight the good fight."

Earlier, putting out a defiant tweet, Moitra wrote: "It would be a privilege indeed if a breach of privilege motion is initiated against me for speaking the truth during India's darkest hour."

Moitra's comments, which caused a furore in the Lok Sabha, were expunged as: "These remarks are against the judiciary."

 

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