MP Mahua Moitra Asked To Vacate Government Bungalow

With "Use Of Force" Warning…

On Wednesday, 17 January 2024, Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra will approach the Delhi HC to challenge a notice asking her to vacate the government bungalow she had been allotted as an MP.

Warning also given of "use of force" if necessary, sources told.

The Trinamool leader, who was expelled as Lok Sabha MP last month on grounds of unethical conduct, will file a writ petition against the eviction notice in the court of Justice Manmohan shortly.

Ms. Moitra's lawyers have said she is a candidate for the Lok Sabha polls.

MPs, they have said, are allowed to keep their homes from the last day of the Parliament session before a general election to the day of results.

Since Ms. Moitra has been named as a candidate, this should apply to her as well.

In a straight eviction notice, the Centre has asked Ms. Moitra to immediately vacate the bungalow.

The notice by the Directorate of Estates, which manages government properties, states that if Ms. Moitra does not vacate the premises, she and any other occupant "are liable to be evicted from the said premises, if need be, by the use of such force as may be necessary".

The government said in its notice that Ms. Moitra had been "allowed sufficient opportunity" but she failed to prove that she was not an unauthorized occupant.

Earlier also, Ms. Moitra approached the high court. The court had then asked her to request the Directorate of Estates to let her stay in the bungalow for now.