Cash for query case: The first assembly in connection to the ‘cash for query’ allegation in opposition to TMC MP Mahua Moitra is scheduled to happen on Thursday (October 26). The assembly might be held by the Lok Sabha’s Ethics Committee and attended by BJP parliamentarian and complainant Nishikant Dubey and advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai.
In his criticism to Speaker Om Birla, Dubey has cited paperwork shared by Dehadrai. Birla has referred the matter to the committee headed by BJP MP Vinod Kumar Sonkar. Dubey stated the advocate, as soon as shut to Moitra earlier than having a fallout, has shared “irrefutable evidence of bribes exchanged” between her and businessman Darshan Hiranandani to goal 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 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 stated.
The fiery TMC member has dismissed the fees as a “jilted ex’s lies”, a reference to Dehadrai, accused the Adani Group of behind them to goal her as she has been relentless in elevating questions concerning the conglomerate’s practices and transactions.
In his letter to the Speaker, Dubey stated 50 of 61 questions she requested in Lok Sabha until lately had been targeted on the Adani Group. In a signed affidavit, Hiranandani, the CEO of actual estate-to-energy eponymous group who allegedly paid her to increase questions in Parliament, has admitted that the TMC chief focused Gautam Adani to “malign and embarrass” Modi whose impeccable popularity gave opposition no alternative to assault him.
(With inputs from PTI)
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