KOLKATA: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Congress leader in the Lok Sabha, has come to the defence of fellow parliamentarian Mahua Moitra, stating that her only fault is asking questions about Adani.
Addressing the media in his constituency, Chowdhury expressed his view that the situation reflects political vindictiveness. He drew attention to the Ethics Committee formed during the Narda case, where Lal Krishna Advani served as the chairman.
“This is political vindictiveness. The Ethics committee was formed during the Narda case and Kal Krishna Advani was the chairman. Only one meeting happened in that case. They have to take political revenge against Mahua Moitra. Her only fault is that she asked questions on Adani. My point is you tell me if those questions were correct or incorrect? Do not pay heed to where the questions arrived, you just tell me if those questions are right or not. This is unfortunate,” he said.
Addressing the Trinamool Congress’ (TMC) silence on the matter, he stated, “Moitra represents people and they are trying to mull her power to represent people and I protest that. I have no idea what her party is doing or rather when they would do anything. This is nothing but political vengeance.”
The Parliament Ethics Committee is scheduled to convene and adopt the draft report on November 7 regarding TMC MP Mahua Moitra’s “cash for query” case, which stems from a complaint by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey.
In response to the allegations of unethical questioning, opposition parliamentarians staged walkouts from the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee. These objections were raised due to the nature of the questions asked by Moitra during the panel’s first meeting on November 2.
As tensions flared, and the committee proceeded with its inquiry, Moitra, and other opposition MPs criticised the proceedings, labelling the questions as “unethical.”
