Mahua Moitra to appear before ethics committee today; seeks to cross-examine Darshan Hiranandani, Jai Anant Dehadrai

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra in a letter to the ethics panel, probing 'cash for query' allegations against her, has expressed her desire to cross-examine businessman Darshan Hiranandani and Supreme Court advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai.

Sharing a copy of the letter dated October 31 on X on Wednesday, Moitra said, "Since ethics committee deemed it fit to release my summons to the media, I think it is important I too release my letter to the committee before my 'hearing' tomorrow."

Moitra, who has been at the centre of a 'cash for query' row after BJP MP Nishikant Dubey wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla alleging that she took bribes from businessman Darshan Hiranandani to target the Adani Group, will appear before the Vinod Sonka-headed panel on Thursday. She has claimed that Hiranandani and Dehadrai have not provided any documentary evidence to support the charges made against her.


Moitra also raised concerns about what she claimed were "double standards" of the committee in issuing a summons. She said the panel has adopted a very different approach in the case of BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri who has a "very serious complaint of hate speech" pending against him with the privileges and ethics branch.