Cash-For-Query Case: In order to adopt a draft report on the cash-for-query accusation made against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, the Lok Sabha's Ethics Committee will convene on Thursday. The 15-member committee has seven members from the BJP, three from the Congress, and one each from BSP, Shiv Sena, YSRCP, CPI(M) and JDU.
The committee is expected to view Moitra's accusations with dismay, especially since she accused its chief Vinod Kumar Sonkar of asking filthy and personal questions to her in the last meeting before walking out in a rage along with opposition members.
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There are indications that the committee may make a recommendation against Moitra in its report to Speaker Birla amid a possibility of dissent notes from opposition members. Congress said its members N Uttam Kumar Reddy and V Vaithilingam will submit dissent notes, the party sources said as quoted by news agency PTI. Meanwhile, BSP member Kunwar Danish Ali is also set to submit his dissent note.
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Earlier, all five opposition members who attended the November 2 meeting walked out of the proceedings, alleging that Sonkar asked personal and indecent questions her regarding her travels, hotel stay and telephone calls.
In a fresh development, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, who earlier had approached Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla against Moitra accusing her of asking questions in Lok Sabha to target the Adani Group at the behest of businessman Darshan Hiranandani in exchange for gifts, on Wednesday said the Lokpal has ordered a CBI probe against TMC MP.
Soon after, Moitra hit back and said the CBI needs to first file an FIR on Rs 13,000 crore Adani coal "scam"."National security issue is how dodgy foreign portfolio investor (FPI) owned (inc Chinese & UAE ) Adani firms buying Indian ports & airports ... Then CBI welcome to come, count my shoes," she posted on X.
The ethics panel was scheduled to meet on Tuesday to consider and adopt its draft report but the meeting was rescheduled for Thursday.
(With Inputs From Agencies)