From Indira Gandhi to Vijay Mallya : list of MPs who were expelled from parliament in the past
Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra was expelled from the Lok Sabha on Friday after the house adopted the report of its Ethics Committee that held her guilty of accepting gifts and illegal gratification from a businessman to further his interest.
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Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra was expelled from Lok Sabha on Friday in cash for query case after the lower house voter in favour of her expulsion. The motion was put to vote by Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla after the parliamentary ethics committee's report was tabled and discussed in parliament. The committee had recommended Moitra's expulsion.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi proposed the acceptance of the ethics committee's report, which had determined the culpability of expelled TMC MP Mahua Moitra in the case.
Mahua Moitra was representing the Krishnanagar parliamentary constituency of West Bengal after winning the election in 2019.
This, however, is not the first instance of a member of parliament being expelled from either the lower or upper house. Here's the list of MPs who were expelled from parliament in the past:
1) HG Mudgal
The Congress MP, who was the first ever Indian MP to be expelled from parliament, faced compelled resignation from the Provisional Parliament on September 24, 1951, after being implicated in accepting compensation from a business association for submitting questions.
2) Indira Gandhi:
Indira Gandhi's expulsion transpired through a resolution presented by the then Prime Minister Morarji Desai on December 14, 1978, and subsequently endorsed by the parliamentary vote.
3) Subramanian Swamy
Subramanian Swamy, a Jan Sangh leader at the time, faced expulsion from the Rajya Sabha during the Emergency in 1976.
4) Vijay Mallya
Vijay Mallya, an Independent Member of Parliament and liquor magnate embroiled in a Rs. 9,400 crore loan default case, submitted his resignation from the Rajya Sabha in 2016.
5) Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi, the ex-president of the Congress party and a legislator for 19 years, faced expulsion from Lok Sabha a day after a trial court in Surat finding him guilty of criminal defamation and imposing a two-year jail term for a statement he made before the 2019 national elections regarding the Modi surname. Gandhi's expuslion, however, was later stayed by the Supreme Court.
