[3] She won the 2019 Indian general election as an Trinamool Congress (TMC) party candidate from Krishnanagar[4] and served as a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from 2019 to 2023 until being expelled.
Opposition members supported the speech as it was based on facts which are matters of proceedings of the sexual harassment allegation was in public record.
[24][25][26] BJP leaders Nishikant Dubey and P. P. Chaudhary moved a privilege notice against her and speaker Om Birla had her statements expunged.
[27] On 7 April 2022, Moitra argued in the parliament that the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 is even more intrusive than colonial surveillance laws in India.
[30] On 14 October 2023, BJP MP from Jharkhand Nishikant Dubey and Supreme Court advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai sent a complaint to CBI with an FIR against Moitra and submitted a copy to the speaker Om Birla and their Ethics Committee in Lok Sabha.
[34] Moitra admitted that she had shared her NIC portal login details with Hiranandani who was a friend and other people related to her own office, a common occurrence among MPs according to her.
[29] On 9 November 2023, the parliamentary ethics panel recommended her dismissal from Lok Sabha on grounds that she had received gifts and favours from Hiranandani.
[37][38][39] On 8 December 2023, the Lok Sabha voted to expel Moitra from the membership of the house as per the recommended in report by the Parliamentary Committee on Ethics.
[29][41] The CBI conducted a raid at Moitra's residence in Kolkata on 23 March 2024 during the 2024 Indian general election and her campaign in Krishnanagar.
[42][43] On 10 January 2017, Moitra filed a police complaint against then Bharatiya Janata Party MP and Union Minister Babul Supriyo for allegedly "insulting her modesty" during a national television debate.
[45] A few days later, Babul Supriyo sent legal notices to Moitra and TMC MPs Saugata Roy and Tapas Paul for allegedly defaming him by accusing him of being involved in the Rose Valley ponzi firm scam.