BJP Demands Mahua Moitra's Resignation Amid 'Cash-For-Query' Row
BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said the allegations against Mahua Moitra indicated a "complete compromise of the parliamentary system".
New Delhi:
The BJP on Friday
intensified its attack on Mahua Moitra over allegations of she taking bribes
for raising questions in Parliament, demanding that either the TMC leader
should step down as MP or TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee "sack" her.
BJP national spokesperson
Shehzad Poonawalla said the allegations against Mahua Moitra indicated a
"complete compromise of the parliamentary system".
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey
sought to draw the attention of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to the developments
in the matter, insisting that an "immediate action is necessary on
this".
The TMC remained silent
on the issue.
Darshan Hiranandani, the
CEO of real estate-to-energy group Hiranandani, who allegedly paid Mahua Moitra
to raise questions in Parliament about Adani Group, on Thursday said she
targeted Gautam Adani to "malign and embarrass" Prime Minister
Narendra Modi whose "impeccable reputation" gave opposition no
opportunity to attack him.
In a signed affidavit, a
copy of which was reviewed by the PTI, Darshan Hiranandani admitted at using
Mahua Moitra's Parliamentary login to ask questions targeting Adani after
state-owned behemoth Indian Oil Corporation booked capacity at the
Gujarat-based conglomerate's Dhamra LNG import facility in Odisha and not at
his firm's planned facility.
Vinod Sonkar, the
chairman of Lok Sabha Ethics Committee, said he has received the sworn-in affidavit
from Darshan Hiranandani.
Reacting to the
developments, Shehzad Poonawalla wrote on X, "In light of the serious
allegations, made on affidavit not by one but two key individuals and
stakeholders in the entire Mahua Moitra affair, indicating a complete
compromise of the parliamentary system." This also indicates "a
larger compromise of parliamentary ethics, quid pro quo, alleged corruption,
conspiracy against larger economic national interests and also illegality with
respect to sharing of parliamentary logins," the BJP spokesperson charged.
"The said MP - Mahua
Moitra should step down as MP pending enquiry, given the higher ethical &
moral standards she herself sets for the world or else Mamata Didi & TMC
(which has been an ostrich in this entire issue) must sack her asap (as soon as
possible)," he added.
In a post on X, BJP's
Nishikant Dubey said immediate action is necessary in the matter, tagging the
Lok Sabha speaker in his post.
"The way the TMC MP
is trying to influence the whistleblower of corruption. Jai Anant Dehadrai...
The MP's lawyer accepted in the Delhi High Court today that this is 'chori aur
seenajori'. Immediate action is necessary on this @loksabhaspeaker,"
Nishikant Dubey wrote.
Meanwhile, Mahua Moitra
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.
The Prime Minister's
Office (PMO) held a "proverbial gun" to DarshanHiranandani and his
father's heads and gave them 20 minutes to sign this "letter", Mahua
Moitra claimed in a statement issued on Thursday night.
Targeting the Modi
government on the issue, Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan
Chowdhury asked why the BJP-led Centre goes into panic mode when an issue or a
question is raised against a "particular industrialist". He demanded
a discussion and probe into "this also".
"It is necessary to
have a discussion on this also. There should be an inquiry into this
also," he told reporters.
The Congress MP said
members of Parliament are representatives of people and being so, they
"try to raise" questions in Parliament, no matter from where they get
those questions.
"If the government
has the answer, it can say yes, and if not it can say no," he said.
"But I have never
seen the constitution of an Ethics Committee so swiftly...and all the probes
and investigations begin. It may be possible that the government has some
different kind of interest on this issue," he said.
"Action had been
taken against Rahul Gandhi after he raised questions on wealth accumulation of
a particular industrialist," he charged.
In his reaction, JD(U) leader KC Tyagi said the matter is with
the Lok Sabha's Ethics Committee which will take an appropriate decision.
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