LS Committee to Hold First Meet On “Cash for Query” Allegation Mahua Moitra
GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 25th Oct. The Ethics Committee of the Lok Sabha will hold its first meeting on Thursday to address the allegation of cash for queries against TMC MP Mahua Moitra.
Nishikant Dubey, a BJP parliamentarian and the complainant, along with advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai, are scheduled to provide their statements. Dubey filed a complaint with Speaker Om Birla, citing evidence shared by Dehadrai.
Birla has referred the matter to the committee, which is chaired by BJP MP Vinod Kumar Sonkar.
Dubey claims that Dehadrai, who was once close to Moitra but had a falling out, has provided undeniable proof of bribes exchanged between Moitra and businessman Darshan Hiranandani in order to target the Adani Group and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“Oral Evidence of Shri Jai Anant Dehadrai, Advocate in respect of complaint dated 15 October, 2023 given by Dr. Nishikant Dubey, MP against Smt. Mahua Moitra, MP for alleged direct involvement in cash for query in Parliament. Oral evidence of Dr. Nishikant Dubey, MP, in respect of a complaint dated 15 October, 2023 given by him against Smt. Mahua Moitra, MP for alleged direct involvement in cash for query in Parliament,” the panel’s schedule for Thursday said.
The fiery TMC member has dismissed the charges as a “jilted ex’s lies”, a reference to Dehadrai, accused the Adani Group of behind them to target her as she has been relentless in raising questions of the conglomerate’s practices and transactions.
In his letter to the Speaker, Dubey said 50 of 61 questions she asked in Lok Sabha till recently were focused on the Adani Group.
In a signed affidavit, Hiranandani, the CEO of real estate-to-energy eponymous group who allegedly paid her to raise questions in Parliament, has admitted that the TMC leader targeted Gautam Adani to “malign and embarrass” Modi whose impeccable reputation gave opposition no opportunity to attack him.
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