MP Mahua Moitra on the Ethics Committee report to be presented in the Lok Sabha today: “People will now see the battle of Mahabharata”
New Delhi, December 8, India: Mahua Moitra, a member of the Trinamool Congress, stated that the people will now witness the Mahabharata battle as the Ethics Committee’s report in the purported “cash-for-query” case is set to be presented in the Lok Sabha today.
Mahua told the press, “Mother Durga has arrived, we shall see. These individuals who have begun stealing clothing will witness the Mahabharata battle at this time.”
“Destruction befalls a person, conscience dies first,” (Jab Naash Manuj par chaata hai, pehle vivek mar jaata hai) is a famous poem by former Rajya Sabha member Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, which she also quoted.
“Chairperson Vinod Kumar Sonkar and Aparajita Sarangi to lay on the Table the First Report (Hindi and of the Committee on Ethics,” the agenda released by Lok Sabha read.
The report was mentioned in the agenda of the list of business of Lok Sabha for the opening day of the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament. However, it could not be taken up.
The Ethics Committee, which investigated the allegations made by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, adopted its 500-page report on November 9 recommending Moitra’s expulsion from the 17th Lok Sabha in view of her “highly objectionable, unethical, heinous and criminal conduct.
The draft report was adopted by a 6:4 majority in the panel last month.
As per the sources, the draft report on Mahua Moitra’s cash-for-questions case reveals that she visited the UAE four times from 2019 to 2023 while her login was accessed several times.
“On 47 occasions, her member portal login credentials were accessed from Dubai,” sources said citing the draft report of the ethics committee.
The TMC has demanded that the MP Mahua Moitra be given a chance to put forth her defence. TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay said, “I spoke with the Speaker, and he said that this committee report along with other reports will be tabled. I said that TMC MP Mahua Moitra should be given a chance to speak…”
Earlier, MP Aparajita Sarangi who is part of the Ethics Committee said, ” The Committee has already submitted its comprehensive report to Lok Sabha Speaker. Once it is tabled, we wouldn’t mind any kind of discussion. We are always open to any kind of discussion…I think the report is very comprehensive and everything has to be taken into account, including the content of the affidavit of Darshan Hiranandani. So, I think the Speaker has to take a call on that.”
Congress member K Suresh stated on Friday that if the Ethics Committee’s report, which is scheduled to be presented in Parliament today, suggests that TMC member Mahua Moitra be removed from the Lok Sabha, his party will not support the move.
Chief Whip of the Congress Lok Sabha, K Suresh, said to ANI, “Today is the tabled report of the Ethics Committee. It is already listed on the Lok Sabha’s List of Business. Watch to see what report they plan to present to the House. We will fight the report tooth and nail if it calls for TMC MP Mahua Moitra to be expelled.”
