November 03, 2024 00:57 (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Andhra Pradesh: Three-year-old girl raped and murdered by relative in Tirupati | Two terrorists killed in encounter with security forces in Kashmir's Anantnag | Bengal: 5-year-old girl raped and murdered in Alipurduar, accused beaten to death by angry villagers | Kashmir: Encounter breaks out between security forces and terrorists in Srinagar | Mumbai Police initiates extradition process to bring back Lawrence Bishnoi's brother Anmol Bishnoi from US
Govt will not pursue any action against Mahua Moitra over her Parliament remark on ex-CJI
Mahua Moitra
Image Credit: Mahua Moitra Facebook

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."

 

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.