Sitaram Yechury extends support to Mahua Moitra, calls TMC "undemocratic & corrupt"
Congress Member of Parliament (MP) Mahua Moitra, CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said in Kolkata on Friday that the Ethics Committee is not meant for harassment and it should probe and find out the real facts. Meanwhile, with an eye towards 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Yechury also made it clear that CPI-M will not support Trinamool Congress in Bengal, which is «corrupt and undemocratic» but the party will be part of INDIA bloc, where Trinamool is also a part.
«I was in the Ethics Committee for more than ten years in Rajya Sabha. It had its meeting for 4-5 times in the period of ten years.
The Committee generally does not meet so often. The way this complaint was received and the Committee met twice in such a short interval...it is really amusing. Why is it done in such haste? The Committee's meeting has been called in such a haste as Adani's are involved,» Yechury said.
«If you want to probe, do the investigations properly-The committee is not meant for harassment, it is meant for probing, investigating and finding out what really happened,» the CPI (M) generally secretary said, while talking about the role of Ethics Committee in connection with Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra.
Moitra reportedly participated in the Ethics Committee meeting yesterday but walked out of the meeting. Some opposition MPs, including BSP MP, also left the meeting in the middle of it, saying unethical questions were being asked to Moitra.
