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New Delhi: Amid the cash-for-query controversy surrounding Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee Friday received an affidavit from businessman Darshan Hiranandani, who alleged that he paid Moitra to raise questions in Parliament on his behalf...
Moitra has denied the accusations and raised questions over the credibility of Hiranandanis affidavit, alleging that it was drafted by the PMO and he was forced to sign it after being threatened with total shut down of his familys businesses..
The Lok Sabha Ethics Committee, headed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Vinod Kumar Sonkar, will examine the allegations and conduct a thorough investigation into the claims, which were first brought out by BJPs Nishikant Dubey in front of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, where he accused Moitra of breach of parliamentary privilege, contempt of the House, and criminal conspiracy...
The Ethics Committee in the Rajya Sabha was constituted in 1997 by the then vice-president of India and the chairman of Rajya Sabha, K.R. Narayanan to oversee the moral and ethical conduct of members and examine cases of misconduct referred to it...
The Lok Sabha Ethics Committee suggested that if unethical or other misconduct or a violation of the code is proven, it may recommend to the House the imposition of one or more of the following penalties censure; reprimand; suspension from the House for a specified period of time; and any other penalty deemed appropriate by it...
