Mahua Moitra’s troubles may increase
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra’s troubles may increase. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday said the agency has started investigation into cash-for-queries allegations against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra. CBI sources have said that “We have started investigation on the orders of Lokpal. We have not yet filed a preliminary inquiry or FIR against Mahua Moitra. ,
Let us tell you that a CBI investigation has been initiated against Moita in the Cash on Query case based on the complaint of BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, who had accused the TMC leader of taking bribe from a businessman to “ask questions in Parliament”. Dubey had earlier said that, on November 8, the Lokpal had “ordered a CBI inquiry against accused Mahua Moitra for indulging in corruption at the cost of national security.”
Dubey, in his complaint, had accused Moitra of asking questions in the Lok Sabha to target the Adani Group and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the behest of businessman Darshan Hiranandani in return for gifts. Dubey said the allegations were based on a letter he had received from a Supreme Court lawyer, which contained “numerous evidences of bribery transactions” between Moitra and the businessman.
Earlier this month, the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee, which investigated the allegations against the TMC leader, adopted its report recommending Moitra’s disqualification from the lower house. The report has since been submitted to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, following which it was also alleged that Mahua Moitra’s Parliament login ID was also shared with Hiranandani to post questions on her behalf. However, Moitra said she had given the ID to someone at Hiranandani’s office to type the questions, as she was “always busy” in her constituency.
According to sources, Moitra’s Parliament ID was accessed from Dubai, New Jersey, the United States and Bengaluru. However, Mahua Moitra has rejected the allegations and termed it as “political vendetta”. He described the ethics panel’s report recommending his expulsion as “a badge of honor” and said that “it was a fixed match from the beginning.”
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