The CPI(M) on Friday claimed that Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra`s expulsion from the Lok Sabha is a "black day" for the Parliament.

Describing the action against Moitra as "overactiveness", CPI(M) central committee member Sujan Chakraborty said that it is a display of the BJP`s use of its brute majority in the Lok Sabha. "It is a black day for the Parliament," he told PTI.

Adopting the recommendation of the Ethics Committee in the `cash-for-query` matter, the Lok Sabha expelled Moitra from the House.

Claiming that it is an act of "injustice", Chakraborty said that Moitra was not given a chance to cross-examine the complainant, BJP Lok Sabha member Nishikant Dubey.