Ethics Panel: Ethics panel to hear Dehadrai, Dubey in Mahua row today | India News

NEW DELHI: A day before the first hearing by Parliament’s ethics committee, the war of words between TMC MP Mahua Moitra and BJP‘s Nishikant Dubey escalated, with the latter saying the key question was not his degree or the Adani group, but whether Moitra had asked questions in Parliament for money.

“The question is about Parliament’s decorum, national security and about the MP’s propriety, corruption and criminality.She has to answer if NIC mails were accessed in Dubai, whether questions were asked for money and who covered expenses for trips abroad. She has to answer if she took the permission of the Lok Sabha Speaker and the external affairs ministry for her trips,” he posted on X.
Dubey’s response came after Moitra posted, “Amused to hear of Ashwini Vaishnav letter to fake degree wala promising support in ‘probe’ against me. Still waiting for home ministry and corporate affairs ministryto probe Farji Dubey’s illegal entry into airport ATC room last year with kids.”
Her remarks came in response to Vaishnav’s letter to Dubey, saying that the IT department would cooperate with the agencies probing allegations against Moitra in the ‘cash for query’ case.
The ethics committee will hold its first meeting on Thursday, with Dubey and advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai scheduled to record their statements.
The fiery TMC member has dismissed the charges as a “jilted ex’s lies”, a reference to Dehadrai. She accused the Adani group of being behind Dehadrai and Dubey to target her as she has been relentless in raising questions on the conglomerate’s practices.