Nishikant Dubey accuses Adhir Ranjan of leaking ethics panel report on Mahua Moitra, says, 'let the report be tabled'
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday, December 4 alleged that Congress MP and leader of opposition Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury leaked the Ethics Committee report on Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra before its tabled. The report was scheduled to be tabled after 12 pm today. While Congress MP Shashi Tharoor claimed that the report was skipped when they laid papers on the table.
In an interview with ANI, the BJP MP also said he was unaware of the report's contents. "...Let the report be tabled. I don't know what is mentioned in the report...What I had to say, I said before the Ethics Committee...I will be able to make a comment only after the report is tabled.
The report will be tabled after 12 pm...I don't know how was the report leaked, I think Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury leaked it..." Nishikant Dubey said, as quoted by ANI. According to several media reports, the committee in its report has recommended the expulsion of Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra in a "cash-for-query" case. In reponse to Dubey's allegations, Congress leader and LoP in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said, "We will oppose that such an expulsion should not be done.
We have written a letter and we have been saying that the issues of Parliament should be dealt inside the Parliament," while speaking with ANI. Also Read | ‘Extremely serious punishment’: Cong MP writes to LS Speaker on ethics panel proceedings against Mahua Moitra Mahua Moitra, MP for the Trinamool Congress, will be the subject of an Ethics Committee investigation into allegations of 'cash-for-question' on December 4, the first day of the Winter Session. Also Read | Cash for query case: Ethics Committee report to expel TMC MP Mahua Moitra adopted; Cong MP lends support The listed agenda of
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