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‘Imagine the audacity’: Mahua Moitra alleges late-night eviction bid from Circuit House

‘Imagi e the audacity’: Mahua Moit a alleges late- ight evictio  bid f om Ci cuit House


“Just
eceived
call
f om
local
admi ist atio
aski g
me
to
vacate
&
leave!
Told
them
NO
WAY,”
the
TMC
MP
w ote
o
X.

NEW
DELHI:

T i amool
Co g ess
MP
Mahua
Moit a
o
F iday
alleged
that
the
local
admi ist atio
asked
he
to
vacate
he
oom
at
a
ci cuit
house
i
Nadia
late
at
ight.Moit a
said
she
e te ed
the
Ci cuit
House
at
6:30
pm
a d
was
allotted
the
oom
she
usually
stays
i .
“Di e
was
se ved
to
me
i
oom
at
9:20
pm.
I
eceived
call
at
9:47
aski g
me
to
vacate.
Now
at
10:52
I
eceive
this
message
with
this
‘o de ’
!!
Outside
the
gates
a e
huge
c owd
shouti g
Jai
Sh ee
Ram!”
she
posted
o
X.

I
a othe
post,
Moit a
said,
“I,
as
sitti g
woma
MP,
stayi g
ight
i
ci cuit
house
i
my
ow
co stitue cy
eceived
call
at
9:47
pm
f om
Additio al
Dist ict
Magist ate
aski g
me
to
vacate
my
oom!
Imagi e
the
audacity!”

She
also
appealed
to
Oppositio
MPs
a d
leade s,
sayi g,
“All
Oppositio
MPs
&
Leade s

I
am
stayi g
ight
i
my
dist ict
HQ
at
ci cuit
house
which
official
accommodatio
fo
MP
.
Received
call
at
9:47
pm
f om
admi ist atio
aski g
that
I
should
vacate
my
oom.
They
a e
that
despe ate
to
keep
us
out
of
a ea
!”

Add essi g
Lok
Sabha
Speake
Om
Bi la,
Moit a
said,
“Dea
@loksabhaspeake
am
elected
MP
till
2029.
Lok
Sabha
e ded
yeste day
&
I
am
stayi g
ight
i
Ci cuit
House
K ish a aga ,
official
accommodatio
fo
all
MPs.
Just
eceived
call
f om
local
admi ist atio
aski g
me
to
vacate
&
leave!
Told
them
NO
WAY!”

Ea lie
o
F iday,
Moit a
appea ed
befo e
Nadia
Police
i
co ectio
with
a
hate
speech
case.
She
eached
Hogalbe ia
police
statio
a ou d
2
pm
a d
left
about
a
hou
late
afte
meeti g
the
i vestigati g
office ,
as
di ected
by
the
Calcutta
High
Cou t.O
July
21,
Justice
Saugata
Bhattacha yya
di ected
Moit a
to
coope ate
with
the
p obe
a d
appea
befo e
the
i vestigati g
office
o
August
14.
The
cou t
also
g a ted
he
i te im
p otectio
f om
coe cive
actio
u til
Octobe
5,
subject
to
he
coope ati g
with
the
i vestigatio
a d
espo di g
to
police
otices.

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The
case
elates
to
ema ks
Moit a
made
at
a
ews
co fe e ce
i
Nadia
i
August
2025
while
speaki g
about
alleged
i filt atio
alo g
the
I dia-Ba gladesh
bo de .
He
comme ts
about
U io
Home
Mi iste
Amit
Shah
t igge ed
a
political
ow,
with
complai ts
filed
at
diffe e t
locatio s
allegi g
that
he
ema ks
we e
objectio able
a d
u co stitutio al.Moit a
has
mai tai ed
that
he
ema ks
we e
figu ative
a d
based
o
a
Be gali
idiom,
a gui g
that
she
was
seeki g
accou tability
a d
had
o
i te tio
of
e cou agi g
viole ce.Afte
the
case
was
filed
at
Hogalbe ia,
Moit a
app oached
the
High
Cou t
seeki g
to
quash
the
case
a d
p otectio
f om
coe cive
actio .
The
state
had
told
the
cou t
that
she
had
ea lie
failed
to
appea
despite
police
otices.

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