Today (November 2) was an vital day within the alleged cash-for-query case because the accused Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra appeared earlier than the Parliamentary Ethics Committee in New Delhi. But, the panel meeting ended absurdly after Moitra and Opposition members of the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee walked out of the meeting, accusing the panel’s chairperson of asking the TMC MP private and unethical questions.
As the meeting abruptly ended, panel members belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Opposition traded allegations in opposition to one another.
Here are the reactions from penel members
The committee chairman Vinod Sonkar: The BJP MP alleged that objectionable phrases have been used in opposition to the committee’s functioning and in opposition to him.
“Instead of giving answers, she (Mahua Moitra) got angry and used unparliamentary language for the Chairperson, and Committee members. Danish Ali, Girdhari Yadav and other opposition MPs tried to accuse the committee and walked out… The committee will sit and decide the further action,” Sonkar said.
Uttam Kumar Reddy: The Congress MP said they discovered the ethics committee chairperson’s inquiries to Moitra undignified and unethical. Reddy said he didn’t hear any unparliamentary language from Mahua Moitra and no matter BJP MP Nishiknath Dubey had said was fully improper.Â
“Probably BJP is using him (Dubey) as a point man to target Mahua. Because Mahua pointed out that he has been quoting false educational qualifications in his nomination papers and otherwise too. So Nishikant Dubey’s statement on her, you can’t take it for granted because they have in the past made complaints against each other. So he may be targeting her. It’s totally a false issue,” he added.
Aparajita Sarangi: The BJP MP said the proceedings of the Parliamentary Standing Committee are confidential by nature and they need to haven’t spoken outdoors concerning the meeting.
“The very thing that she (Moitra) did was wrong. They all came out and they all said things about the committee, about the goings on within the committee, it was wrong. These things are very confidential. The conduct of Mahua Moitra was condemnable. She used unparliamentary words for our chairman and for all the members of the committee. So, the chairperson of the Committee was asking questions regarding the contents of the affidavit by Hiranandani and she did not want to answer them. And then they created a ruckus,” she added.
Separately speaking to reporters, Dubey said Moitra tried to create a improper narrative concerning the proceedings and the opposition was perturbed that the ethics panel was headed by an OBC MP.
“No power can save Moitra after all evidences provided by me and others against her,” he said.
(With companies inputs)
