New Delhi: The Ethics Committee of the Lok Sabha will call Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on October 31, over the cash-for-query allegations against her, the Chairman of Parliament Ethics Committee Vinod Sonkar said on Thursday.
"The two people who were summoned today - the lawyer and Nishikant Dubey - were heard attentively. After that, it was decided that Mahua Moitra would be called on October 31. She will come and present her part. The committee has also decided that the IT Ministry and MHA will be sent letters to make her details available," Vinod Sonkar said.
Earlier today, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey appeared before the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee to submit oral evidence on his allegations of "Cash for Query' against TMC MP Mahua Moitra.
As he arrived at the Parliament annexe for the deposition the BJP MP said that he would completely cooperate with the Committee and would be present whenever the Committee called him for questioning.
"I will give all the information that the Committee asks me to provide. I will appear before the Committee whenever it asks me to. I will submit all the documents, the truth is in the documents"
When asked about Mahua's allegations that Dubey submitted a fake degree in his election nomination papers, the BJP MP said that there is only one question "Mahua chor hai ki nahi" (Is Mahua a thief or not?)"
Today was the first meeting of the Ethics Committee of Lok Sabha to address the "Cash for Query" allegations lodged against TMC MP Mahua Moitra.
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and Advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai appeared before the Committee today to submit oral evidence in regard to the complaint filed by Dubey against TMC MP Mahua Moitra, alleging that she has "direct involvement in the 'cash for query' scam in Parliament. (with ANI inputs)
