TMC MP accused of taking bribes for queries

New Delhi: Accusing TMC MP Mahua Moitra of taking cash and gifts for asking questions, BJP’s Godda MP Nishikant Dubey has written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to constitute an inquiry committee to probe the allegations made against her.
Dubey, who has frequently sparred with Moitra, cited a letter from Jai Anant Dehadrai, an advocate, where he claimed that there was “irrefutable evidence” of “bribes” exchanged between her and Darshan Hiranandani, a business tycoon, to ask questions in Parliament.
“Since the instant episode is nothing but a re-emergence of ‘cash for query’ by Mahua Moitra, I humbly request your good self to constitute an inquiry committee, by following the past precedent,” Dubey wrote to the speaker in a reference to the disqualification of 10 members of LS in 2005 who had accepted money for raising questions. The MPs were disqualified within 21 days of the sting that exposed them. Dubey also requested that till an inquiry committee submitted its report, Moitra should be suspended from the House.
Moitra reacted immediately on X, claiming that she had been targeted for raising alleged favouritism to the Adani group and referring to her own charge about Dubey’s educational qualification. “If Adani group is relying on a dodgy dossier created by dubious Sanghis and circulated by fake degreewallahs to either shut me up or bring me down, I would advise them not to waste their time. Use your lawyers wisely,” she said. She said multiple breaches of privileges were pending against “fake degreewala” and other luminaries. “Welcome any motions against me right after Speaker finishes dealing with those,” she said.