Cash-for-query: Ethics panel to submit report on allegations against Mahua Moitra to LS Speaker

According to panel chairman Vinod Sonkar, the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee, which is investigating the “cash-for-query” claims made against Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra, will present a “detailed report” to Speaker Om Birla on Friday.
The Lok Sabha Ethics Committee met on Thursday to discuss Mahua Moitra’s alleged cash-for-query payments made by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey.
Following the meeting, Vinod Sonkar stated that four ethics panel members had provided dissenting remarks, while six members had backed the findings.

“A report had been drafted by the Ethics Committee on the allegations against Mahua Moitra. The agenda of today’s meeting was to adopt the report. Six members supported the report while four members submitted their dissent notes…A detailed report is being submitted to the Lok Sabha Speaker tomorrow…The action, whatever it is, will be taken by the Speaker…,” Sonkar told the media.

Preneet Kaur, a Congress MP, is one of the six lawmakers who backed the draft. According to sources on Thursday, the Committee accused Moitra of engaging in “unethical conduct” and disclosing her ID login credentials to unauthorized individuals in its draft report.

“One common ground for all the opposition MPs to submit a dissent note is that the enquiry is not fair. They have said that Darshan Hiranandani should have been summoned by the committee to ensure a free and fair enquiry in all respects,” the sources said.
As per the sources, the draft report on Mahua Moitra’s cash-for-questions case reveals that she visited the UAE four times from 2019 to 2023 while her login was accessed several times.