Expelled MP Mahua Moitra gets eviction notice
Former TMC MP Mahua Moitra expelled from the Lok Sabha last month has been notified by the Directorate of Estates to vacate the government bungalow immediately, according to sources in the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry.
The Trinamool Congress leader has been asked to vacate the government bungalow immediately, which had been allotted to her as an MP, they said.
Since the eviction notice was issued to Moitra on Tuesday, a team of officials from the directorate of estates will now be sent to ensure that the government bungalow is vacated at the earliest.
Moitra was held guilty of “unethical conduct” and expelled from Lok Sabha on December 8 last year for accepting gifts from businessman Darshan Hiranandani and sharing her user ID and password of the Parliament website with him.
After her termination, she was asked to vacate the house by January 7 after her allotment was cancelled.
On January 8, the DoE issued a notice seeking her reply within three days as to why she had not vacated her government accommodation. Another notice was also issued to her on January 12.
On January 4, the Delhi High Court asked the TMC leader to approach the DoE with a request to allow her to continue to occupy the government accommodation allotted to her.
Justice Subramoniun Prasad, while dealing with Moitra’s challenge to an official intimation asking her to vacate the government bungalow by January 7, noted that the rules permitted the authorities to allow a resident to overstay for up to six months on payment of certain charges in exceptional circumstances.
The court allowed Moitra to withdraw her petition and noted it has not made any observations on the merits of the matter. It said the DoE shall decide her case after applying its own mind.
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