Archive · 16 Aug 2026
Moitra alleges forced eviction from circuit house, writes to Speaker
Mahua Moitra is a member of India's Parliament elected from Krishnanagar and a leader of the Trinamool Congress party, often called the TMC.
She went to a government guest house, known as a circuit house, in Krishnanagar for an overnight stay.
The staff gave her a room and served her tea and dinner.
Late at night, an official called and told her she had to leave, saying the order had come from the top.
A written order then arrived by WhatsApp saying the guest house was closing for annual maintenance and cleaning.
A crowd gathered outside the gates and shouted slogans while she refused to leave, and she felt unsafe.
She wrote to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Om Birla, asking him to protect women members of Parliament.
She said any Women's Reservation Bill would be a 'matter of jest' unless the 74 women MPs were protected.
She plans to bring a privilege motion in the Lok Sabha and may approach a court.
The district administration said she was only asked to move to alternative accommodation because of maintenance and water supply problems, while opposition leaders including Pawan Khera, Akhilesh Yadav and Md.
Selim criticised the administration.
TMC MP Mahua Moitra wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla seeking intervention over the alleged forced eviction from the Krishnanagar circuit house in Nadia district, West Bengal.
The additional district magistrate called her at 9:47 pm asking her to vacate, saying the order had 'come from the top'; the written order arrived via WhatsApp at 10:52 pm.
The order barred new reservations at the circuit house from the evening of August 14, 2026, citing annual maintenance, cleaning and water supply problems, and exempted bookings confirmed before August 13, 2026.
A crowd gathered outside the gates shouting 'Jai Shree Ram' slogans; Moitra cited the Ministry of Home Affairs' Order of Preference ranking MPs at 21 and recalled Supreme Court and Calcutta High Court assurances on her safety.
She plans a privilege motion in the Lok Sabha and possible Calcutta High Court action; opposition leaders Abhishek Banerjee, Pawan Khera, Akhilesh Yadav and Md. Selim criticised the administration, which said she was only asked to relocate to alternative accommodation.
- Who
- TMC MP Mahua Moitra, who sought the intervention of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla; and the Nadia district administration, which ordered her to vacate the circuit house
- What
- An alleged attempt to force MP Mahua Moitra to vacate the Krishnanagar circuit house late at night after she had been allotted a room and served tea and dinner
- When
- Night of August 14-15, 2026; articles dated August 15, 2026
- Where
- The circuit house in Krishnanagar, Nadia district, West Bengal
- Why
- Moitra says she was entitled to stay as an MP and was pressured to leave with the intent to harass her, while the administration cited annual maintenance, cleaning and water supply problems
Moitra and opposition leaders
Nadia administration and BJP/state leaders
Reason for the overnight eviction order
Moitra and opposition leaders
Moitra says she was not informed of any booking embargo when she reserved or checked in, the instruction had 'come from the top', and the late-night order was intended to harass a woman MP staying alone; she alleged the circuit house remained occupied by government officials and their families and only she was singled out with a vested political motive.
Nadia administration and BJP/state leaders
The Nadia district administration said she had only been asked to relocate to alternative accommodation because of ongoing maintenance work and water supply problems; all bookings made after August 13, 2026, were cancelled as maintenance was scheduled from August 14, and officials said Moitra had been informed but declined to move.
Safety of the MP
Moitra and opposition leaders
Moitra says a mob gathered outside the gates shouting 'Jai Shree Ram' slogans while she was asked to leave, even though the premises are opposite the bungalows of the district superintendent of police and the district magistrate; she cited the Calcutta High Court's assurance that the district administration would protect her.
Nadia administration and BJP/state leaders
The Nadia district authorities reportedly issued no official response to her allegations of harassment, while one report said the administration rejected the allegation that she had been ordered to vacate.
Political response and the slogans
Moitra and opposition leaders
Abhishek Banerjee said BJP leaders should not speak about women's empowerment after a woman MP was ordered out of a circuit house in the middle of the night, calling the use of state power to intimidate a woman the mark of an insecure government.
Nadia administration and BJP/state leaders
State Panchayat Minister Dilip Ghosh challenged the TMC to chant 'Joy Bangla' as they had done before over the 'Jai Shri Ram' chant.
- MP involved
- Mahua Moitra (TMC, Krishnanagar)
- Recourse sought
- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla's intervention
- Location
- Circuit house, Krishnanagar, Nadia district, West Bengal
- Eviction call
- Phone call at 9:47 pm; written order via WhatsApp at 10:52 pm on August 14, 2026
- Order cited
- Circuit house closed from evening of August 14, 2026 for annual maintenance; bookings confirmed before August 13, 2026 exempted
- Planned actions
- Privilege motion in Lok Sabha; possible Calcutta High Court petition
- Reported slogans
- 'Jai Shree Ram' from a crowd outside the premises
- Administration's version
- Asked only to relocate to alternative accommodation due to maintenance and water supply problems
Sources
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