Cash For Query Case Updates: Hours after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey appeared before the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee on Thursday, Chairman of Parliament Ethics Committee Vinod Sonkar said that Mahua Moitra would be called on October 31st to present her side in the “Cash For Query” case. He also added that a letter will be sent to the IT Ministry and MHA to make details available of the Lok Sabha member.

 

Dubey submitted the oral evidence today before the committee. As he arrived at Parliament annexe for the deposition the BJP MP said that he will completely cooperate with the Committee and will be present whenever the Committee calls him for questioning.

"I will give all the information that the Committee asks me to provide. I will appear before the Committee whenever it asks me to. I will submit all the documents, the truth is in the documents,” he said as quoted by news agency ANI.

 

When asked about Mahua's allegations that Dubey submitted a fake degree in his election nomination papers, the BJP MP said that there is only one question: "Mahua chor hai ki Nahi" (Is Mahua a thief or not?)"

Today is the first meeting of the Ethics Committee of Lok Sabha to address the "Cash for Query" accusation lodged against TMC MP Mahua Moitra.

Dubey and Advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai appeared before the committee today in regard to the complaint filed by the saffron party leader against Moitra, alleging that she has "a direct involvement in the 'cash for query' scam in Parliament.

The Lok Sabha Ethics Committee is headed by the BJP MP Vinod Kumar Sonkar and includes Vishnu Datt Sharma, Sumedhanand Saraswati, Aparajita Sarangi, Rajdeep Roy, Sunita Duggal, and Subhash Bhamre of the BJP; Ve Vaithilingam, N Uttam Kumar Reddy, and Preneet Kaur of the Congress; Balashowry Vallabbhaneni (YSRCP); Hemant Godse (Shiv Sena); Giridhari Yadav (JD-U); P R Natarajan (CPI-M); and Kunwar Danish Ali (BSP).

Earlier, Dubey wrote to the Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla, alleging the involvement of Mahua in the “Cash for Query” case. He also claimed that he had the proof of charges as given by Advocate Dehadrai.

(With input from agencies)