The Lok Sabha’s Ethics Committee asked BJP MP
Nishikant Dubey and advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai to appear before it for “oral
evidence” on October 26. The matter pertains to the ruling party leader’s “cash
for query” allegations against TMC MP Mahua Moitra.
“Oral evidence of Dr Nishikant Dubey, MP, in respect
of complaint dated October 15, given by him against Smt Mahua Moitra, MP for
alleged direct involvement in cash for query in Parliament,” the subject of the
Lok Sabha secretariat communication to him read.
The letter sent by a secretariat official said, “I am
directed to state that the Committee on Ethics has decided to hear you in the
above matter, in person, on Thursday, October 26…”
Dubey has accused Moitra of taking “bribes” from a
businessman to ask questions in Parliament and urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
to constitute an “inquiry committee” to look into the charges against her.
Moitra has hit back, saying she “welcomes any move
against her after the Lok Sabha Speaker is finished dealing with pending
charges against him (Dubey)”.
Besides, she has approached the Delhi High Court
seeking to restrain Dubey, Dehadrai and many social media platforms and media
houses from posting, circulating or publishing any alleged fake and defamatory
content against her.
In his complaint against Moitra to Birla, Dubey had
cited “irrefutable evidence” he had recieved from advocate Dehadrai to attack
her.
In his letter to the speaker, Dubey said 50 of 61
questions she asked in Lok Sabha till recently were focused on the Adani Group,
the business conglomerate which the TMC MP has often accused of malpractices.
He had alleged that she has been targeting the Adani
Group at the behest of a rival businessman.
PTI
