Mahua Moitra News: Cash-for-query row: ’47 log-ins to Mahua Moitra’s parliamentary account from Dubai’ | India News
The committee is looking into the cash-for-query complaint filed against the TMC leader by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey.Dubey had cited “irrefutable evidence” presented by advocate Jai AnantDehadrai to accuse her of taking bribes from businessman Darshan Hiranandani to target the Adani Group.
тАЬCash for queryтАЭ: Mahua Moitra cites prior engagements to Lok Sabha ethics panel, seeks fresh dates
Moitra has admitted that she shared her log-in credentials with Hiranandani, whom she has described as a close friend for a long time, but has ruled out any pecuniary motivation and asserted that the questions were always hers.
She has, however, asserted that it was meant just to help her and rejected any quid pro quo.
While agreeing to appear before the panel, Mahua also expressed her desire to cross-examine businessman Darshan Hiranandani over the allegations made against her in the cash-for-query case.
Dubey and Dehadrai had given their “oral evidence” to the panel against Mahua. Moitra has said she should be given “a fair hearing and an adequate opportunity to defend myself against the false, malicious and defamatory accusations levelled against me by Shri Dubey and Shri Dehadrai”.
Cash for query case: TMC MP Mahua Moitra to appear before Lok Sabha ethics panel on November 2
Moitra also questioned whether the Ethics Committee is the appropriate forum to examine allegations of alleged criminality. She pointed out that parliamentary committees lack criminal jurisdiction and emphasised the importance of involving law enforcement agencies in such cases.
In an affidavit, Hiranandani had admitted to giving bribes to Mahua Moitra so that she could ask questions to target the Adani Group and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The TMC MP has claimed that the Adani Group is behind the “bogus” charges due to her strident criticism of the business conglomerate.
(With agency inputs)
