New Delhi: BJP MP Babubhai Katara, who is accused of trafficking illegal immigrants, may lose his Lok Sabha membership.
A Lok Sabha committee, which probes misconduct allegations against members, has recommended Katara’s expulsion and said "he needs to be meted out the severest of punishments".
"Katara has committed an act of grave misconduct as well as contempt of the Committee and of the House which has threatened to erode the credibility of Parliament as an institution," the Committee said in its report presented in the Lok Sabha on Monday.
The committee, which is headed by Congress MP V Kishore Chandra Deo, started a probe against Katatra after he was caught at the Delhi airport in April last year while he was allegedly trying to illegally take a woman and a boy abroad on the passports of his wife and son.
"Making a fake diplomatic passport in his wife's name can have no motive other than to indulge in human trafficking," it said.
The committee ruled that Katara, MP from Dahod (SC) seat in Gujarat, has "in fact brought disrepute to, and maligned the image of the entire fraternity of legislators".
Katara was given three opportunities to appear before the committee for his version on the allegations against him but he did not come, citing health grounds.
The BJP has already sought Katara’s expulsion for voting against the party line during the July 22 trust vote.
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