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Soon after her expulsion, Moitra read her statement on Parliament premises and said, "This Lok Sabha has also seen the weaponisation of the Parliamentary committee. Ironically the Ethics Committee which was set up to serve as a moral compass for members, instead it has been abused egregiously today to do exactly what it was never meant to do, which is to bulldoze the opposition and become another weapon to thok do (crush) us into submission."
Moitra said she was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time from Krishnanagar constituency in West Bengal in the 2019 general elections and her party has chosen her as its candidate from there for the 2024 LS polls as well. Since the expulsion from the Lok Sabha does not disqualify her from contesting elections, she will be running again and will need to focus her time and energies on her constituents, it said.
Moitra was expelled from the Lok Sabha on Friday based on the recommendations of the House Ethics Committee which had charged her with receiving cash and gifts for asking questions in Parliament.