Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday came out in support of TMC MP Mahua Moitra who alleged that the Nadia district administration tried to evict her from a circuit house late at night on Friday. After Moitra raised matter with the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), a global body of parliamentarians, Tharoor also urged all democrats to stand in solidarity with her.
Tharoor ended his message with #StandWithMahua. Mahua Moitra wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, seeking his intervention in the matter. She alleged that the Nadia district administration tried force her to vacate a circuit house, a room in which was officially allotted to her initially.
“Such elementary considerations should not be spelt out in a democracy, least of all on the day that marks the culmination of our freedom struggle,” the Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram said.
Moitra was at the circuit house in Krishnanagar for an overnight stay after a Parliament session. asserted that as an MP she was entitled to stay there, but was being pressured by the district authorities to move out in the middle of the night with the intent to harass her.
Responding to Moitra’s X post, Tharoor urged the government to provide security to the TMC MP when “a mob is baying for her”, instead of asking her to vacate the government accommodation. The TMC MP from Krishnanagar said she will move court against the harassment as a large crowd chanted ‘Jai Shree Ram’ slogans outside the circuit house after she refused to leave. As India marked its 80th Independence Day on Saturday, the TMC MP said, “This is state of democracy in India.
