New Delhi. Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Tuesday said she was not sure whether the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee report on the alleged ‘cash-for-query’ case would be tabled in Parliament or not. Responding to media queries about the Ethics Committee presenting the report in Parliament, he said, “Let’s see, I don’t know whether they will table it or not.”
Moitra is allegedly accused of taking money in exchange for parliamentary questions. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla had sent BJP MP Nishikant Dubey’s complaint against Moitra to the Ethics Committee. The committee adopted the draft report against Moitra on November 9 and submitted it to the Lok Sabha Speaker along with the panel’s recommendations.
Earlier on November 2, Moitra had walked out of the committee meeting with opposition MPs, accusing committee chairman Vinod Sonkar of asking her “personal and unethical” questions. The Ethics Committee is probing BJP MP Dubey’s allegations that Moitra took cash and benefits for asking questions related to businessman Gautam Adani in the Lok Sabha at the behest of businessman Hiranandani.
Dubey and lawyer Dehadrai gave “oral evidence” against Moitra to the panel on October 26. Six members of the committee voted in favor of the report. Suspended Congress MP Preneet Kaur was also included among them. Four opposition members of the committee had given dissent notes on the report.
The opposition members had termed the report as a ‘fixed match’ and said that there was not even ‘a shred of evidence’ in support of the complaint of BJP MP Nishikant Dubey which was considered by the committee. If the House votes in favor of the committee’s recommendation, Moitra can be dismissed from the House. The winter session of Parliament began on Monday and as per the announced schedule, it will continue till December 22.
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Tags: Mahua Moitra, TMC
FIRST PUBLISHED : December 5, 2023, 6:40 PM IST
