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Mahua Moitra has asked 62 questions in LS. Here’s what she wanted to know on Adani & Hiranandani
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- Oct 21, 2023
Mahua Moitra has asked 62 questions in LS. Here’s what she wanted to know on Adani & Hiranandani
In letter to LS Speaker, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, relying on allegations made by advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai, has alleged Mahua Moitra asked questions at behest of Hiranandani Group.
Two direct questions on Adani Group, four on the Dhamra Port owned by the conglomerate, five on Kolkata Port Trust where the Hiranandani Group has business interests, and one on H-Energy, which is the company’s energy unit — these are 12 of the 62 questions that Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra has asked in the Lok Sabha since getting elected in 2019
In a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on 15 October, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, relying on allegations made by advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai, alleged that Moitra had asked many of these questions at the behest of the Hiranandani Group, with the “intent of protecting or perpetuating its business interests”.
Birla has referred the matter to the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee, which has called both Dubey and Dehadrai to depose before it on 26 October.
In a complaint filed with the CBI, Dehadrai has claimed that as many as “50 questions” asked by Moitra “are related directly to the business and personal interests of Darshan Hiranandani, CEO of the group”.
On Thursday, Darshan Hiranandani, who resides in Dubai, submitted an affidavit to the committee, claiming that Moitra, who “has been a close personal friend of mine”, had shared her Parliament portal login ID and password “so that I could post the questions directly on her behalf when required”. Moitra dismissed Darshan’s affidavit as a “joke”, alleging that it was scripted by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
reviewed all 62 questions asked by the TMC MP. Apart from those mentioned above, her questions revolved around the MSME (micro, small and medium enterprises) sector, the impact of Covid on the insurance sector, air pollution, stray cattle, MSP to farmers, data protection, and unmanned railway crossings, among other topics.
