'Filthy questions': TMC's Mahua Moitra walks out of Ethics Committee catechism probing 'cash for query' scam

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, along with several Opposition leaders including Bahujan Samaj Party’s Danish Ali, walked out of the Parliament Ethics Committee meeting on Thursday, claiming that the panel posed ‘filthy questions’ to Moitra over ‘cash for query’ charge against her.

The TMC MP said that the charge is motivated by the animus of advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai after she broke her personal relations with him, sources said.

#WATCH | Delhi: Opposition parties MPs including TMC MP Mahua Moitra and BSP MP Danish Ali, walked out from the Parliament Ethics Committee meeting.

TMC MP Mahua Moitra appeared before the Parliament Ethics Committee in connection with the ‘cash for query’ charge against her. pic.twitter.com/EkwYLPnD1O

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Citing Dehadrai’s submission, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey filed a complaint against her with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla who referred the matter to the committee.

Moitra has been accused of asking questions, which were keyed in through her parliamentary account, at the behest of businessman Darshan Hiranandani in return for bribes and favours from the Dubai-based scion of a well-known business family.

In her remarks to the media, Moitra has admitted that she shared her log-in credentials with Hiranandani, whom she has described as a close friend for a long time, but has ruled out any pecuniary motive and asserted that the questions were always hers.

With inputs from PTI