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NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress on Sunday said it will take a decision regarding the “cash-for-query” allegations against its MP Mahua Moitra only after the probe by the parliamentary ethics committee is concluded.
The TMC had distanced itself from the row after BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and and lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai alleged that Moitra target Gautam Adani and PM Modi in Lok Sabha at the behest of businessman Darshan Hiranandani.
Reacting to the charges, senior TMC leader Derek O’Brien said since Moitra has already clarified her stand on the allegations, the party would now await the probe by the ethics committee as the matter has to do with “her rights and privileges”.
“The member concerned has been advised by the party leadership to clarify her position regarding the allegations levelled against her. She has already done that,” O’Brien said.
“However, since the matter has to do with an elected MP, her rights and privileges, let the matter be investigated by the right forum of Parliament, after which the party leadership will take an appropriate decision,” he added.
Dubey and Dehadrai alleged that Moitra accepted favours from Hiranandani in exchange for raising questions in Parliament.
In response, Moitra filed a defamation suit against them before the Delhi high court.
Dubey’s complaint has been referred to Parliament’s Ethics Committee by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.
Hiranandani is the CEO of a real estate-to-energy group.
He allegedly submitted an affidavit admitting that he paid Moitra to raise questions in Parliament about Adani Group to “malign and embarrass Prime Minister Narendra Modi whose impeccable reputation gave opposition no opportunity to attack him”.
Moitra, however, has raised questions over the credibility of Hiranandani’s affidavit, alleging that it was “drafted by the PMO” and he was forced to sign it after being “threatened” with “total shut down” of his family’s businesses.
(With inputs from PTI)Watch Who is Darshan Hiranandani, involved in the ‘Cash For Query’ controversy with TMC MP Mahua Moitra?
The TMC had distanced itself from the row after BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and and lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai alleged that Moitra target Gautam Adani and PM Modi in Lok Sabha at the behest of businessman Darshan Hiranandani.
Reacting to the charges, senior TMC leader Derek O’Brien said since Moitra has already clarified her stand on the allegations, the party would now await the probe by the ethics committee as the matter has to do with “her rights and privileges”.
“The member concerned has been advised by the party leadership to clarify her position regarding the allegations levelled against her. She has already done that,” O’Brien said.
“However, since the matter has to do with an elected MP, her rights and privileges, let the matter be investigated by the right forum of Parliament, after which the party leadership will take an appropriate decision,” he added.
Dubey and Dehadrai alleged that Moitra accepted favours from Hiranandani in exchange for raising questions in Parliament.
In response, Moitra filed a defamation suit against them before the Delhi high court.
Dubey’s complaint has been referred to Parliament’s Ethics Committee by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.
Hiranandani is the CEO of a real estate-to-energy group.
He allegedly submitted an affidavit admitting that he paid Moitra to raise questions in Parliament about Adani Group to “malign and embarrass Prime Minister Narendra Modi whose impeccable reputation gave opposition no opportunity to attack him”.
Moitra, however, has raised questions over the credibility of Hiranandani’s affidavit, alleging that it was “drafted by the PMO” and he was forced to sign it after being “threatened” with “total shut down” of his family’s businesses.
(With inputs from PTI)Watch Who is Darshan Hiranandani, involved in the ‘Cash For Query’ controversy with TMC MP Mahua Moitra?
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