Published By: Sheen Kachroo
Last Updated: October 27, 2023, 20:29 IST
The firebrand TMC member has sought time from the Lok Sabha ethic committee in reference to the ‘money for question’ case. (Photo: PTI/File)
Moitra wrote to the Ethics Committee chairman in search of to postpone her look earlier than the panel for examination after November 5 stating prior commitments
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Friday took a jibe at TMC MP Mahua Moitra for misspelling his title as ‘Dubai’ in a letter to Ethic Committee chairman Vinod Sonkar, and mocked her by calling her ‘Dubai didi’.
Moitra wrote to the Ethics Committee chairman on Friday, in search of to postpone her look earlier than the panel for examination after November 5 stating that she has prior commitments in her constituency as Durga Puja celebrations proceed in West Bengal.
Moitra additionally sought to cross-question Darshan Hiranandani, who has been on the centre of the ‘cash for questions’ allegation, and has turned approver within the case. In one of many paragraphs of Moitra’s letter to Sonkar, Dubey’s title was misspelt as ‘Dubai’.
Taking a jibe at Moitra over the typo, Dubey mentioned, “The accused MP is so intoxicated by Dubai that even my name has been changed to Dubai in the letter written to the Chairman of the Ethics Committee. name, ‘Mohtarma’ has described her mental condition.”
In one other put up on X, he mentioned, “Dubai Didi asked for cross-examining some people.
Under the rules of Lok Sabha, especially page 246 of the Kaul-Shakdher book, the witness is protected from court… Answers are needed on the question of (hampering) national security and corruption…” According to the Practice and Procedure of Parliament by M.N. Kaul and S.L. Shakdher, a ebook which has compilation of Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business within the Lok Sabha which was quoted by Dubey, “witnesses, petitioners and their counsel, who appear before any House or any committee thereof, are protected under article 105(3) from suits and molestation in respect of what they say in the House or a Committee.”
जब संसद का mail id या member portal किसी सांसद को मिलता है तो हम NIC के साथ एक करार करते हैं,जिसका पहला ही बिंदु यह है कि इस mail id,password को गोपनीय रखा जाएगा किसी के साथ साझा नहीं किया जाएगा । मैंने तो सोच समझकर इस करार पर हस्ताक्षर किया । डिग्री वाली ने पढ़ा कि नहीं या चंद…— Dr Nishikant Dubey (@nishikant_dubey) October 27, 2023
In a letter to Ethics panel chairperson Sonkar, Moitra mentioned she appears ahead to showing earlier than the Committee at any date chosen after November 5, 2023.
She additionally mentioned that Darshan Hiranandani ought to seem earlier than the committee and supply a “detailed verified list of the alleged gifts & favours he allegedly provided to me.”
She mentioned Hiranandani, in a public interview to a information channel, expressed his willingness to look earlier than the committee, and mentioned she must be given an opportunity to cross-question him.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – PTI)
