INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: TMC MP Mahua Moitra on Saturday said that she was amused how the anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal, which is currently not
functioning with a full-time chairman, referred the complaint to the CBI in connection with the 'cash-for-query' case."Amused to see how
headless Lokpal with no full-time Chairman "referred" my case to CBI
RTI of 3/11/23 says Lokpal has no Chairman since May 2022 and 3 of 8 member posts also vacant! Maybe the Jharkhand Branch of Pitbull
Association also moonlighting as Lokpal Committee under BJP," Mahua said on X, formerly known as Twitter.Mahua's response came after the CBI
Nishikant DubeyMahua Moitra faces allegations of asking questions in Lok Sabha to target Gautam Adani at the behest of businessman Darshan
The TMC MP has denied charges of taking bribes
However, she has admitted to sharing her parliamentary log-in details with Hiranandani, whom she called her "friend."The Lok Sabha Ethics
Committee has recommended Mahua Moitra's expulsion after a hearing which was marked by walkout by the opposition members of the panel
The opposition members had accused the panel chairman Vijay Sonkar of asking personal questions to the Trinamool MP.Mahua Moitra 'effect' on
Parliamentarians: MPs' passwords are now personal, PAs lose access to official portalLast month, in a signed affidavit submitted to the Lok
Sabha committee, businessman Hiranandani admitted to using the TMC MP's parliamentary login to ask questions targeting Adani
This was after the state-owned behemoth Indian Oil Corporation booked capacity at the Gujarat-based conglomerate's Dhamra LNG import
facility in Odisha and not at his firm's planned facility.Meanwhile, Breaking her long silence on the issue, West Bengal chief minister
Mamata Banerjee said, "after the arrest of party leaders in different cases, the expulsion of MP Mahua Moitra is being planned
But this would eventually help her before the elections."The Trinamool Congress has already come out in support of the embattled MP
Mamata's nephew and party's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee had expressed solidarity with Mahua and had labelled the Centre's
move as "vendetta politics." He accused the BJP of attempting to stifle voices critical of the central government.
