Nishikant Dubey claims CBI probe into Mahua Moitra ordered by Lokpal
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New Delhi: A CBI investigation has been ordered against Mahua Moitra by anti-corruption agency Lokpal, according to BJP leader Nishikant Dubey's claims on Wednesday. This might further complicate the tussle between Moitra and the ruling side which enjoys the majority in the Ethics Committee that handles the allegation against her.
In a post on X, Dubey, the BJP Lok Sabha MP from Jharkhand's Godda, said, "On the basis of my complaint, the Lokpal today ordered a CBI inquiry into Mahua Moitra's corruption that compromises national security."
The remarks of Dubey, who had earlier complained to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla against the alleged corruption of Moitra, came a day before the meeting of the Parliament's Ethics Committee to decide the graft charges against the Trinamool MP from West Bengal's Krishnanagar.
On November 2, Moitra along with the opposition members of the Committee, stormed out of the meeting accusing the panel's chairperson Vinod Sonkar of asking her 'personal' and 'unethical' questions.
Taking a swipe at the Ethics Committee, Moitra tweeted on Tuesday, "No draft report circulated as is the norm but will be 'adopted' on November 9. The meeting was postponed to clash with the Congress MP’s nomination date so he can’t come. BJP calling allies to ensure attendance to adopt via majority. Chartered flight to fly in MP state president. How scared Adani and (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi are."
She had also written to Om Birla on November 2 alleging that she was subjected to "proverbial vastraharan" by the chairperson of the Ethics Committee during the hearing on the cash for query allegations against her.
The Ethics Committee is probing Dubey's allegations that Moitra accepted cash and favours for asking questions in the Lok Sabha against industrialist Gautam Adani at the behest of businessman Darshan Hiranandani.
On October 26, Dubey and advocate Anant Dehadrai had given "oral evidence" to the Committee against Moitra.
With inputs from IANS