Mahua Moitra's Cash-for-Query Row: Sneak peek into Lok Sabha Ethics Committee and its 15 members
Nishikant Dubey, a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), raised concerns on Saturday, asserting that there are efforts to manipulate witnesses in the 'Cash-for-Query' case. Dubey called upon the Lok Sabha speaker to initiate necessary actions in response to this issue.
Meanwhile, Mahua Moitra has requested an extension for her appearance before the Ethics Committee of the Lok Sabha. She was originally summoned to appear on October 31 to address allegations related to the 'Cash-for-Query' scandal.
Earlier on Friday, the Ethics committee asked for Mahua Moitra's logins, and location details from IT and Home Ministries in connection with the cash-for-query allegations against the TMC MP, NDTV has reported. The Ethics Committee was established on March 4, 1997, by the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha with the purpose of supervising and ensuring the moral and ethical behaviour of members.
“Its role involves reviewing cases referred to it in relation to the ethical and other misconduct of members", the official website of Rajya Sabha noted. Also Read: Cash-for-query row: Mahua Moitra to appear before Ethics Committee on Oct 31 The Lok Sabha Ethics Committee is headed by the BJP MP Vinod Kumar Sonkar and includes Vishnu Datt Sharma, Sumedhanand Saraswati, Aparajita Sarangi, Rajdeep Roy, Sunita Duggal, and Subhash Bhamre of the BJP; Ve Vaithilingam, N Uttam Kumar Reddy, and Preneet Kaur of the Congress; Balashowry Vallabbhaneni (YSRCP); Hemant Godse (Shiv Sena); Giridhari Yadav (JD-U); P R Natarajan (CPI-M); and Kunwar Danish Ali (BSP).
The members of the Ethics Committee are appointed by the speaker for a period of one year. According to a report by The Indian Express, any individual can file a
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