Cash For Query Case: Mahua Moitra’s Lok Sabha Future Hangs In Balance; Ethics Panel To Submit Report Today | 10 Points

Cash For Query Case: A month after BJP MP Nishikant Dubey complained to Lok Sabha speaker against Mahua Moitra for targetted questions against the Adani group in Parliament on the behest of businessman Darshan Hiranandani, the Ethics Committee is set to submit the investigation report to Om Birla today.

The Ethics Committee headed by Vinod Sonkar has adopted the report on ‘Cash For Query’ charges with a 6:4 majority. The Trinamool MP’s expulsion from the seventeenth Lok Sabha is highly anticipated.

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Here are the top ten updates

-Trinamool Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra accuses the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee of functioning like a 'Kangaroo court' in the 'Cash for Query' case investigation.

-Mahua Moitra claims that the committee lacks the mandate for her expulsion from the Lok Sabha and she can become the first person to be unethically expelled in the parliamentary history.

-The Krishnanagar MP alleges a biased process and criticises the Ethics Committee for adopting a report on 'Cash-for-Query' charges, calling it a "Kangaroo court" and "monkey business."

-Mahua Moitra refuted BJP and its MP Nishikant Dubey's allegations, and the controversy will help increase her winning margin in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

-Opposition parties rally in support of Mahua Moitra following the Ethics Committee's adoption of the report, highlighting their solidarity with the Trinamool Congress leader.

-TMC backs Mahua Moitra, questions the fairness of the Ethics Committee, and criticises the premature public release of the report.

-The Lok Sabha Ethics Committee, headed by BJP MP Vinod Sonkar, adopts the report on 'Cash-for-Query' charges with a 6:4 majority, leading to strong reactions from opposition leaders.

-Committee Chairman Vinod Sonkar announced that the detailed report will be submitted to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla today, leaving the action to be taken by the Speaker.

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-The draft report accuses Mahua Moitra of 'unethical conduct', ‘Contempt of House’, sharing login credentials, and alleges her involvement in 'serious misdemeanors,' recommending her expulsion from the Seventeenth Lok Sabha.

-The draft report, spanning approximately 500 pages, reveals details of Mahua Moitra's alleged visits to the UAE and the unauthorised access of her member portal login credentials from Dubai on 47 occasions.