Mamata Banerjee Defends Expelled Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee condemned the expulsion of her party MP Mahua Moitra from the Lok Sabha today, calling it a blatant act of "vendetta politics" by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Ms Moitra, 49, was expelled from Lok Sabha today following an Ethics Committee report held her guilty of taking bribes in exchange for criticising the government. The Trinamool leader faces accusations of receiving cash and luxurious gifts from businessman Darshan Hiranandani in exchange for posing questions in Parliament that painted the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government in a negative light.