"Have Right To Cross-Examine Darshan Hiranandani": Mahua Moitra To Lok Sabha Panel
NDTV
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has said that she will not appear before the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee on October 31.
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Friday said that she will not appear before the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee, which is probing the "cash-for query" allegations on October 31 because she has prior commitments. She added, however, that she was "looking forward" to deposing before the committee any time after November 5 and said it was "imperative" and in the interest "of natural justice" that she be allowed to cross-examine businessman Darshan Hiranandani, who has levelled a series of allegations against her.
In an affidavit, Mr Hiranandani had claimed that Ms Moitra had given him her parliament login ID to frame questions on the Adani Group, which she felt was the "only way" to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He also claimed that she had made demands for "various favours" and he had gifted her expensive luxury items.
In a letter to BJP MP Vinod Sonkar, who is the chairman of the Ethics Committee, that she posted on X, formerly Twitter, Ms Moitra said she was eagerly looking forward to physically attending and presenting her defence against the "slanderous charges" levelled against her at the next date provided by the committee.
