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Dr. Pooja Tripathi - Spokesperson, Congres weighs in and says the govt is targeting its critics while several others are getting scot-free even if they make bigger blunders. This as TMC MP Mahua Moitra faced expulsion from Lok Sabha. The Ethics Committee's report on the "cash-for-query" case recommended her removal. The report, citing "unethical conduct," called for an intense government inquiry. The committee's 6:4 majority approval triggered a walkout by the opposition.    #MahuaMoitra #EthicsCommittee #LokSabha #CashForQuery #ExpulsionRecommendation #NaturalJustice #PoliticalVendetta                   ~ED.110~

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00:00 Dr. Pooja Tripathi, what has happened today?

00:02 Many are calling it vindication of parliamentary justice.

00:09 Many would call it unfortunate and a victim of circumstances.

00:14 How does Congress view it?

00:15 How do you view it, being a woman yourself?

00:18 And does this set a right example?

00:23 [INAUDIBLE]

00:23 I want to quote Mahua here again,

00:26 who said that [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

00:35 104 page committee's report were tabled at 12 PM.

00:39 The member of parliaments were not even given time

00:42 to go through the report.

00:44 And then at 2 PM, with a voice vote--

00:46 everyone knows what's happening with voice votes--

00:48 with a voice vote, BJP--

00:50 I say BJP.

00:51 I have no qualms in accepting that--

00:52 BJP expels-- the Lok Sabha speaker expels Mahua from saying.

00:57 And Mahua was not given time to say anything.

01:00 What was the reason given that she'll invoke Durga Maa,

01:03 she'll create drama?

01:05 And the irony of this whole situation

01:08 is Brij Bhushan Charan Singh, the one who

01:11 has abused our national pride, the one who has abused

01:15 the heroes of our country, the women ministers,

01:17 is sitting in the same parliament.

01:19 Ramesh Budhri, who calls a fellow parliament a [NON-ENGLISH]

01:23 and whatnot, is sitting in the same parliament

01:26 and a woman MP is not given time to represent herself.

01:31 Danshan Hira Nandani is not crossed.

01:33 A woman MP is not even allowed to speak.

01:35 What do we call this trampling of democracy that happened there?

01:41 I think it's outrageous the way Mahua has been expelled.

01:44 And when her anger, her ire, the way injustice is meted out

01:51 to her is so, so true.

01:54 Dr. Tripathi, you're right.

01:56 I mean, see, when I say you are right,

01:58 I'm completely reading out the sentiments.

02:02 But Mahua Moitra, once again, talking about the panels--

02:06 and I haven't had the, I would say, the opportunity

02:09 to be a part of one.

02:12 But there was allocated timings given to her.

02:16 And in the month of November, the very first week

02:19 when she appeared, I distinctly remember the way

02:21 she came out of the panel, that meeting.

02:25 Yes, she did make claims that unethical questions were

02:30 being asked ungentlemanly of the chair of the panel.

02:34 Yet by the standards, by the rules,

02:38 that was the time when her side of the story

02:41 could have been put.

02:42 Do you believe that it was a lost chance?

02:45 It's like crying over spilt milk to say these things now

02:49 that she was not allowed to cross-question the two

02:52 individuals who deposed against her.

02:56 The biggest irony here is, Pankaj,

02:58 she was not allowed to speak on her motion that

03:02 caused her to expel.

03:03 I mean, she is an elected member of parliament, for God's sake.

03:07 She represents the whole constituency.

03:09 She represents the aspirations, and she

03:11 represents the voting of the whole constituency.

03:14 Many people have backed her.

03:15 And it's her right.

03:17 It's her right as an MP, not as an opposition MP, nothing.

03:20 It's her right as an MP standing in the temple of democracy

03:24 that she be allowed to speak.

03:26 She was not allowed to speak.

03:27 I don't know which part of democracy,

03:29 where do you say that that has been held?

03:32 I am with you.

03:33 I'm with you here, Dr. Tripathi.

03:35 In the corporate setup--

03:36 let me complete, Pankaj.

03:37 Even in the corporate setup, if you raise a complaint,

03:40 there are two sides of it.

03:42 The one against whom action has been taken,

03:46 he or she is allowed to make a statement.

03:48 She was not-- a sitting member of parliament

03:51 was not allowed to make a statement.

03:53 I think this shows that we are living

03:56 in a state of emergency, where anybody who

03:59 questions the government, anybody who

04:01 tries to demand accountability, anyone who

04:03 tries to raise his voice will be trampled upon the way

04:06 Mahua Maitra has been done today.

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