CBI has summoned Supreme Court lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai on January 25 for recording his statement in connection with its inquiry against Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra in the alleged ‘cash for query’ scandal.
Moitra was expelled from the Lok Sabha last month after the House’s ethics committee recommended her disqualification over her alleged involvement in the scandal. Dehadrai is the complainant in the case.
In October, he had placed the evidence against Moitra before the Lok Sabha ethics committee. The committee’s recommendation against Moitra followed a complaint by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, who alleged that Moitra had accepted cash in exchange for asking certain questions in Parliament.Moitra has been accused of asking several questions in Parliament pertaining to the Adani Group of companies at the behest of rival businessman Darshan Hiranandani. Moitra is also alleged to have shared her Lok Sabha log-in credentials with Hiranandani.
The Trinamool leader was found guilty by the ethics committee, which held that Moitra’s lapses called for “severe punishment”. Moitra has denied the accusations levelled against her.