NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday slammed the party’s rebel MPs for seeking additional time to respond to notices issued to them by the Lok Sabha secretariat.While talking to reporters, Mahua said that the rebel MPs’ inability to respond within the stipulated period shows that they know they are in the wrong.”We have filed 20 disqualification petitions against MPs who were elected on TMC tickets but joined hands with the BJP. The Lok Sabha Secretariat sent notices last week to them asking them to reply within seven days. The deadline is over, but they could not reply. Now they have sought another two-three weeks,” Mahua said.”We had written to the Lok Sabha Speaker in June. Why were they unable to reply in two months? Why does it take you more than one week to reply? If you ask me, I will not take so much time to reply,” she added.”The wigs and masks have come off. Their shamelessness and betrayal are for everyone to see,” she said.This comes a day after TMC MP Sudip Bandhopadhyay said that the rebel MPs had sought an additional three weeks from the Lok Sabha secretariat to respond to notices issued on petitions filed by TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee seeking their disqualification.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesLast month, the Lok Sabha secretariat had issued notices to the MPs after the Supreme Court agreed to hear Abhishek Banerjee’s plea seeking an expeditious decision by Speaker Om Birla on the disqualification petitions.The rebel MPs are understood to be consulting lawyers before submitting their replies, with the additional time sought by them potentially extending the legal battle over their continuation as members of the House.The dispute is part of a larger political confrontation within the TMC following the party’s defeat in the West Bengal assembly polls earlier this year, with the dissident camp challenging the authority of the leadership headed by party supremo Mamata Banerjee.The 20 Lok Sabha MPs subsequently aligned themselves with the NCPI and joined the BJP-led NDA, prompting the TMC leadership to initiate disqualification proceedings under the anti-defection law.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.About the AuthorRohitashwa RanjanRohitashwa Ranjan is a digital journalist with The Times of India, where he decodes Indian politics as a carefully staged production with scripts, subtext and everything behind. His stories track elections, party dynamics and the things that often are buried beneath the headlines. When not parsing vote shares or alliances, he is usually reading between the lines, where the real story tends to reside.Read MoreEnd of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosMadhya Pradesh Accounts For Over 50% Of India’s School Closures, Mergers Despite Rising Edu SpendingBihar’s Viral Boy Aditya Raj Exclusive: “I Want to Meet PM Modi & Samrat Choudhary”Amid Nepal Floods, 9-12 Glacial Lakes Flagged ‘Critical’ In Himachal | IIT Mandi | Climate Change’India World’s Best Location’: Goyal Holds Key Data Centre Meet, Eyes $200 Billion InvestmentManipur Violence: Three Naga Villages Attacked, 10 Houses Torched In Fresh Kangpokpi ClashesUnion Minister Chirag Paswan Gets Death Threat From ‘Terrorists’, Office Seeks Enhanced SecurityS-400 vs Project Kusha: Why India Wants More Russian Air Defence Despite Atmanirbharta’Historic Win’: CJP Hails Supreme Court Verdict As Apex Court Quashes FIRs, Sept 5 CancelledMamata Banerjee’s Niece Found Dead In Birbhum Home, Post-Mortem Underway To Establish CauseSonia Gandhi’s ‘Belonging’ Book Row: Why Did Penguin India Drop the Publishing Deal?123Hot PicksMPSC paper leakGATE 2027 registrationSBI PO Prelims resultRam Temple CEOBihar gang-rapeAshutosh RankaSilver rate todayMP Police RecruitmentGDS recruitmentTop TrendingFaridabad Student DeathUS Iran WarSurat Techie DeathAditi PaudelWTC StandingsDisha Salian CaseIndia Post GDS RecruitmentNBA Roster UpdateTom BradyFastest Century in Cricket
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday slammed the party’s rebel MPs for seeking additional time to respond to notices issued to them by the Lok Sabha secretariat.While talking to reporters, Mahua said that the rebel MPs’ inability to respond within the stipulated period shows that they know they are in the wrong.“We have filed 20 disqualification petitions against MPs who were elected on TMC tickets but joined hands with the BJP. The Lok Sabha Secretariat sent notices last week to them asking them to reply within seven days. The deadline is over, but they could not reply. Now they have sought another two-three weeks,” Mahua said.“We had written to the Lok Sabha Speaker in June. Why were they unable to reply in two months? Why does it take you more than one week to reply? If you ask me, I will not take so much time to reply,” she added.“The wigs and masks have come off. Their shamelessness and betrayal are for everyone to see,” she said.This comes a day after TMC MP Sudip Bandhopadhyay said that the rebel MPs had sought an additional three weeks from the Lok Sabha secretariat to respond to notices issued on petitions filed by TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee seeking their disqualification.
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Last month, the Lok Sabha secretariat had issued notices to the MPs after the Supreme Court agreed to hear Abhishek Banerjee’s plea seeking an expeditious decision by Speaker Om Birla on the disqualification petitions.The rebel MPs are understood to be consulting lawyers before submitting their replies, with the additional time sought by them potentially extending the legal battle over their continuation as members of the House.The dispute is part of a larger political confrontation within the TMC following the party’s defeat in the West Bengal assembly polls earlier this year, with the dissident camp challenging the authority of the leadership headed by party supremo Mamata Banerjee.The 20 Lok Sabha MPs subsequently aligned themselves with the NCPI and joined the BJP-led NDA, prompting the TMC leadership to initiate disqualification proceedings under the anti-defection law.
