Mahua Moitra, the Trinamool Congress leader who was expelled from the Lok Sabha last year over the cash-for-query scandal, has vacated her government-allotted bungalow in the national capital, said her lawyer, amid reports that the authorities had sent a team to evict her. Moitra’s lawyer said in a statement that “no eviction took place at all” and that her lawyers handed over the possession of the house to the Directorate of Estates.
Mahua Moitra’s counsel Shadan Farasat said Moitra had “fully vacated” the house by 10 am today. She said the premises were vacated before the authorities arrived.
“House number 9B Telegraph Lane occupied by Ms. Mahua Moitra was fully vacated by 10 am this morning 19/1/2023 and possession handed over by her lawyers to Directorate of Estates who are inspecting and engaged in due process. Premises were vacated before authorities arrived and no “ eviction” took place at all,” the lawyer said in the statement.