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Mamata calls out BJP's 'politics of vendetta'
The Morning Standard
|December 09, 2023
WEST Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee described Mahua Moitra's expulsion from Parliament as BJP's politics of vendetta and a betrayal of her constitutional rights. She also pointed out that there would be no reason for not fielding her in the fray in the next year's Lok Sabha election from Moitra's Krishnagar constituency.
She said the party stands with Mahua. "She was not even allowed to defend herself. The members were not given enough time to go through the report of the Ethics Committee of Lok Sabha. This is unacceptable. People will give a befitting reply to the BJP in the coming Lok Sabha polls. We will fight together under the banner of INDIA bloc," Mamata said.
This story is from the December 09, 2023 edition of The Morning Standard.
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