Eviction Notice Is Sent To Expelled MP Mahua Moitra, Along With A “Use Of Force” Warning
Delhi, New: The Centre has demanded that Mahua Moitra, the head of the Trinamool Congress, leave the government house she was given as an MP immediately, using severe language in the eviction notice. The Directorate of Estates, which oversees government assets, has sent out a letter stating that Ms. Moitra and any other occupants “are liable to be evicted from the said premises, if need be, by the use of such force as may be necessary” if she does not leave on her own.
The action was taken more than a month following Ms. Moitra’s expulsion from the Lok Sabha for unethical behaviour. She was found guilty by a parliamentary inquiry of receiving costly presents from a businessman and giving him access to her Parliament login information.
Ms. Moitra has been “allowed sufficient opportunity,” according to the government’s notification, but she hasn’t been able to provide evidence that she isn’t an unauthorized occupant.
The ousted MP was urged to approach the Directorate of Estates to allow her to remain in the home temporarily earlier this month by the Delhi High Court. The court had observed that in some extraordinary cases, regulations allowed authorities to grant a resident a six-month overstay in exchange for payment of certain fees.
However, the court let Ms. Moitra to withdraw her petition without commenting on the case’s merits.
The eviction order states that the eviction procedures are not barred by an injunction order. Additionally, it states that Ms. Moitra would be responsible for damages for each month if she chooses to contest the eviction notice in court.
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Ms. Moitra lives in a home on Telegraph Lane in Delhi. On January 7, one month after her removal from the House of Commons, her government housing assignment was revoked. Prior to this year’s Lok Sabha elections, Ms. Moitra had requested more time. She had claimed that her campaign will be hampered by the current loss of government housing.
