'Dubai Didi': BJP MP Nishikant Dubey takes a swipe at Mahua Moitra over cross-examination demand

The war of words has further escalated between the BJP and TMC, as Nishikant Dubey slammed Mahua Moitra over the cash-for-query allegation and called her “Dubai didi”.

While reacting to Moitra's response to the Ethics Committee of Parliament, in which she reportedly demanded cross-examining businessman Darshan Hiranandani, the BJP MP said that, as per rules, witnesses are protected from "court-kachehri' (legal proceedings)".

"Dubai Didi asked some people for a cross-examination. Under the rules of Lok Sabha, especially page 246 of the Kaul-Shakdher book, the witness is protected from court proceedings and its hue and cry... Answers are needed on the question of (hampering) national security and corruption; here we are prepared for the fight," he wrote on X in Hindi.





Further taking a swipe at TMC MP over what appeared to be a typo, he said Moitra was so "intoxicated with Dubai" that she misspelled his name in the letter as 'Dubai' instead of 'Dubey'.

"The accused MP is so intoxicated by Dubai that even my name has been changed to Dubai in the letter written to the Chairman of the Ethics Committee. 'Mohtarma' has described her mental condition by changing my name to Dubey, oh my fate?" he added.



Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra has reportedly asked the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee to summon businessman Darshan Hiranandani so that she can "cross-examine" him. She has claimed that Hiranandani's affidavit does not provide any actual inventory of gifts he allegedly rewarded her with, according to news reports.