A day after Darshan Hiranandani, CEO of the Hiranandani Group, claimed in an affidavit to the Ethics Committee of Lok Sabha that Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra provided him her Parliament login credentials so that he could “post the questions” directly “on her behalf when required”, Ms. Moitra questioned the media leak of his affidavit. She also alleged that the BJP’s primary agenda is to expel her from Lok Sabha to stop her from questioning industrialist Gautam Adani.
Within three days of BJP MP Nishikant Dubey’s letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, dated October 15, accusing Ms. Moitra of “cash-for-query” scam, his complaint was referred to the ethics panel of the Lower House, which has now called for a meeting on the issue on October 26. Mr. Dubey’s letter was made public in a post on X (formerly Twitter) by BJP’s social media chief Amit Malviya.
Mr. Dubey’s complaint is based on revelations made by advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai who was in a relationship with Ms. Moitra for three years. The couple reportedly had an acrimonious separation with a bitter running feud over the custody of their pet dog. Ms. Moitra said that she filed multiple police complaints against him in the last six months for alleged criminal trespass, theft, vulgar messages, and abuse.
