Finally breaking her silence on her expulsion from Parliament in the last Lok Sabha, Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra, who has been reelected as an MP from Krishnagar in West Bengal, slammed the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), saying she not only lost her membership, but also her 'uterus and her house'.
“I lost my membership, I lost my house, I also lost my uterus in an operation. But you know what I gained? I gained the freedom from fear. I don’t fear you. I will see the end of you [BJP]," Moitra said.
In an earlier interview to the journalist Barkha Dutt, Moitra had said that last year, around the time when she was expelled from Parliament and, subsequently, had to forgo her government house, she had undergone a 'total hysterectomy.'
"I had a total hysterectomy. Which is my ovaries, my uterus. And I'm talking about this in public because we need to talk about it," she had said in the interview.
"And of course, I had moved out. I moved out the whole night. I stood the whole night, got everything packed. And this is after [my] hysterectomy," she added.
In December 2023, Mahua Moitra was expelled from the Lok Sabha due to her involvement in a "cash-for-query" scandal. The Ethics Committee determined that she had accepted gifts and money from a businessman in return for asking specific questions in Parliament aimed at scrutinizing the Modi government. This was considered a significant violation of parliamentary privilege and ethical conduct.
Earlier today, in a fiery speech, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, lashed out at the BJP over a host of issues, ranging from the controversial Agniveer scheme to the ongoing conflict in Manipur.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) issued a strong rebuttal to Rahul Gandhi's speech in Parliament on Monday afternoon. They accused the Congress MP and newly appointed Leader of the Opposition of insulting all Hindus.
Rahul Gandhi, wielding a copy of the Constitution and displaying images of religious figures such as Lord Shiva, Prophet Mohammed, Jesus Christ, and Guru Nanak, launched a vigorous critique of the BJP and its ideological mentor, the RSS. He asserted that neither the BJP nor the RSS truly represented the interests and beliefs of all Hindus.