Mahua Moitra Walks Out of Ethics Committee Meeting Amid Controversy Over 'Filthy Questions

Brief by Short91 Newsdesk / 11:34am on 02 Nov 2023,Thursday Politics

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, facing allegations of accepting a cash bribe to ask questions in Parliament, walked out of a Lok Sabha Ethics Committee meeting. Moitra, accompanied by opposition MPs, objected to "filthy questions" posed by the committee chief, BJP MP Vinod Kumar Sonkar, regarding her relationship with businessman Darshan Hiranandani. Moitra denied the bribery accusations, attributing them to a "sour personal relationship." Opposition MPs defended her, stating the shared ID was used only for legitimate parliamentary purposes. The tense cross-examination session led to Moitra and others leaving the meeting.

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