A heated dialogue is predicted within the Parliament in the present day. The report of the Ethics Committee on Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra in an alleged “cash-for-query” case will probably be tabled in Lok Sabha in the present day because the Parliament convenes on Day 5 of the continuing Winter Session. The report was talked about within the agenda of the record of enterprise of Lok Sabha for the opening day (December 4) of the continuing Winter Session of Parliament however it couldn’t be taken up. The Ethics Committee, which investigated the allegations made by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, adopted its 500-page report on November 9 recommending Moitra’s expulsion from the seventeenth Lok Sabha given her “extremely objectionable, unethical, heinous and prison conduct. The draft report was adopted by a 6:4 majority within the panel final month.
It has been alleged Moitra gave her parliament login ID to businessman Darshan (*12*) to focus on the Adani Group and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In an affidavit, (*12*) alleged the Trinamool MP shared her official MP e-mail in order that he may ship her info and he or she may elevate questions in parliament. He alleged that later, the MP later gave him her parliament login and password for him to submit the questions immediately. While Moitra has refuted the cash-for-query allegations, she admitted to giving her parliamentary login ID to businessman Darshan (*12*).
As per the sources, the draft report on Mahua Moitra’s cash-for-questions case reveals that she visited the UAE 4 occasions from 2019 to 2023 whereas her login was accessed a number of occasions. “On 47 occasions, her member portal login credentials were accessed from Dubai,” sources mentioned citing the draft report of the ethics committee. Nishikant Dubey had written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla towards Moitra, accusing her of asking questions in Lok Sabha to focus on the Adani Group on the behest of businessman Darshan (*12*) in trade for presents. However, a number of leaders of the opposition, together with Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP Danish Ali and Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury have opposed the report.
The TMC has demanded that the MP Mahua Moitra be given an opportunity to place forth her defence. TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay mentioned, “I spoke with the Speaker, and he said that this committee report along with other reports will be tabled. I said that TMC MP Mahua Moitra should be given a chance to speak.” Meanwhile, Congress Lok Sabha Chief Whip Okay Suresh mentioned, “Today, the Ethics Committee report is being tabled. It is already included in the List of Business in Lok Sabha. Let us see what report are they going to table in the House. If the report states expulsion of TMC MP Mahua Moitra, we will oppose it tooth and nail.”
(With ANI Inputs)
