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In this editorial episode, Mr. Sujit Nair addresses the ongoing controversy surrounding TMC Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra. BJP MP Nishikant Dubey has submitted a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, making ""cash for query"" allegations against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, and calling for an inquiry committee to be formed, as of October 15th.
Dubey has also called for her immediate suspension from the House, claiming that there were exchanges of bribes between her and businessman Darshan Hiranandani in return for raising questions in Parliament and receiving cash and gifts.
In his letter titled ""Re-emergence of Unethical 'Cash for Query' Practices in Parliament,"" Dubey accuses Moitra of a ""Serious Breach of Privilege,"" ""Contempt of the House,"" and a 'Criminal Offense' under Section 120A of the IPC.
In response to these allegations, Moitra stated that she would welcome any motion against her once the pending breach of privileges against ruling party members has been addressed. She also mentioned the need for authorities to investigate the Adani coal scam before pursuing allegations against her.
Dubey's letter also mentions receiving evidence from Jai Anant Dehadrai, an advocate, showing alleged exchanges of bribes between Mahua Moitra and Darshan Hiranandani, a prominent business figure, in exchange for parliamentary questions.
According to the letter, this evidence suggests that, out of a total of 61 questions posted by Moitra, around 50 of them were intended to protect or promote the business interests of Darshan Hiranandani and his company. These questions often revolved around the Adani Group, which was competing with the Hiranandani Group for business opportunities.
The letter from Dubey claims that the documents provided are reminiscent of the ""Cash for Query"" episode from December 12, 2005 and alleges a quid pro quo arrangement involving raising money from a businessman in exchange for parliamentary questions, ultimately targeting a rival business group.
In summary, the letter concludes that this incident represents a re-emergence of the unethical practice of 'cash for query,' and it questions the moral facade displayed by Mahua Moitra, asserting that it conceals a criminal conspiracy and challenges her reputation as a 'firebrand Member of Parliament.'
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In this editorial episode, Mr. Sujit Nair addresses the ongoing controversy surrounding TMC Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra. BJP MP Nishikant Dubey has submitted a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, making ""cash for query"" allegations against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, and calling for an inquiry committee to be formed, as of October 15th.
Dubey has also called for her immediate suspension from the House, claiming that there were exchanges of bribes between her and businessman Darshan Hiranandani in return for raising questions in Parliament and receiving cash and gifts.
In his letter titled ""Re-emergence of Unethical 'Cash for Query' Practices in Parliament,"" Dubey accuses Moitra of a ""Serious Breach of Privilege,"" ""Contempt of the House,"" and a 'Criminal Offense' under Section 120A of the IPC.
In response to these allegations, Moitra stated that she would welcome any motion against her once the pending breach of privileges against ruling party members has been addressed. She also mentioned the need for authorities to investigate the Adani coal scam before pursuing allegations against her.
Dubey's letter also mentions receiving evidence from Jai Anant Dehadrai, an advocate, showing alleged exchanges of bribes between Mahua Moitra and Darshan Hiranandani, a prominent business figure, in exchange for parliamentary questions.
According to the letter, this evidence suggests that, out of a total of 61 questions posted by Moitra, around 50 of them were intended to protect or promote the business interests of Darshan Hiranandani and his company. These questions often revolved around the Adani Group, which was competing with the Hiranandani Group for business opportunities.
The letter from Dubey claims that the documents provided are reminiscent of the ""Cash for Query"" episode from December 12, 2005 and alleges a quid pro quo arrangement involving raising money from a businessman in exchange for parliamentary questions, ultimately targeting a rival business group.
In summary, the letter concludes that this incident represents a re-emergence of the unethical practice of 'cash for query,' and it questions the moral facade displayed by Mahua Moitra, asserting that it conceals a criminal conspiracy and challenges her reputation as a 'firebrand Member of Parliament.'
#MahuaMoitra #Hiranandani #NishikantDubey #CashForQuery #BJP #TMC #SujitNair #HWNews #loksabha #adani #pmmodi #mamatabanerjee #dereobrien #Darshanhiranandani #Henry #Login #Credentials
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00:00 Namaskar! Welcome to another episode of Editorial.
00:05 Mahua Maitra has been on news for the last two days.
00:10 Not necessarily for the right reasons, I would say.
00:13 But the point is, what exactly has Mahua Maitra done?
00:18 What's her crime?
00:20 Let's try and understand this.
00:22 Let's try and cut the clutter.
00:24 Though cutting the clutter is not my job, but all the same, let us try and simplify
00:29 this and as always, let us try and understand this from a layman's point of view as to what
00:35 exactly has she done wrong.
00:37 Thik hai na?
00:38 Let's get right to the show.
00:43 Okay, so Bharatiya Janata Party MP Nishikant Dubey had written a letter to the Speaker
00:53 of the Lok Sabha, that is Mr. Om Birla in Lok Sabha on the 15th of October.
01:00 What did he say?
01:01 He alleged actually that Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Maitra is making cash for quarry.
01:11 And he said that, you know, he demanded that there should be an inquiry committee put against
01:17 her.
01:18 So this is what he said.
01:19 He urged for an immediate suspension from the house and alleged that bribes were exchanged
01:25 between her and businessman Darshan Hiranandani to ask questions in the parliament in exchange
01:32 for cash and gifts.
01:35 Thik hai na?
01:37 Okay.
01:38 Now, he said there are irrefutable evidences of bribe allegedly exchanged between Mahua
01:44 Maitra and Darshan Hiranandani, a well-known business tycoon to ask questions in the parliament
01:51 in exchange for cash and gifts.
01:54 Srimati Mahua Maitra asked approximately 50 questions in parliament out of total 61 posted
02:01 by her, which shockingly seeked information with the intent of protecting or perpetuating
02:09 business interest of Shri Darshan Hiranandani and his company.
02:14 Toh ab tak story clear hai.
02:17 Ab tak story is Mr. Dubey MP, Bharatiya Janata Party said, Baba, this MP from Trinamool Congress
02:24 Mahua Maitra has taken money.
02:26 Why?
02:27 He has taken money to ask questions.
02:28 Okay.
02:29 So this is what he said.
02:30 Now, let us go further.
02:32 He went on to say that now with the unmasking of the quid pro quo in the form of ugly and
02:39 deliberate motive of Srimati Mahua Maitra to raise money from a businessman in lieu
02:44 of asking the questions in Lok Sabha, targeting an other business group, it has become amply
02:51 clear that the edifice of morality has been exhibited by Srimati Mahua Maitra was nothing
03:00 but a Machiavellian camouflage for committing a crime by entering into criminal conspiracy
03:08 and at the same time enjoying given the title of Srimati Mahua Maitra.
03:14 A firebrand member of parliament, which is nothing but a sham said the letter.
03:21 Whose letter?
03:22 Nishikant Dubey's letter.
03:24 So all this he said.
03:25 All this he said.
03:26 So, the allegation now, coming back, allegation now is Mahua Maitra took money and asked questions.
03:33 It is not the first time.
03:37 It has happened before also.
03:38 There is an incident in 2005, December 12th, during the 14th Lok Sabha and the then speaker
03:45 immediately constituted an inquiry committee on the 12th of December 2005 and subsequently
03:50 10 members were expelled from the membership of Lok Sabha on December 23rd in 23 days.
03:58 This was 2005.
03:59 Aisa hua tha.
04:01 Okay, so this is where it stands.
04:02 Now the characters here are Mahua Maitra, Darshan Hiranandani and Mr. Nishikant Dubey.
04:09 So three characters.
04:11 Now Hiranandani, that is Darshan Hiranandani, all of a sudden gave an affidavit, which changed
04:19 the entire thing till now.
04:20 Hiranandani is saying, we don't know about all this.
04:24 But then Darshan Hiranandani all of a sudden gave an affidavit.
04:28 In his affidavit, he said 10 stunning things.
04:31 10 stunning things he said.
04:34 Number one, he said, Mahua Maitra wanted to quickly make a name for herself at a national
04:40 level which she was advised by her friends and advisor that the shortest possible route
04:45 to fame is personally attacking Mr. Modi.
04:48 This was the first thing he said.
04:51 Second thing he said, Ms. Maitra thought that the only way to attack PM Modi is by attacking
04:57 Gautam Adani as both were contemporaries and they belong to the same state, that is Gujarat.
05:03 Number three, he said, she drafted a few questions which have elements of embarrassment for the
05:10 government by targeting Adani group.
05:12 Fourth, he said, she shared with me her email ID.
05:16 This is important.
05:17 Hear this out.
05:18 She shared with me her email ID as a member of parliament so that I could send her information
05:25 and she could raise question in the parliament.
05:28 She later provided me her parliament login and password so that I could post the question
05:35 directly.
05:36 This is important.
05:37 Now the second allegation happened.
05:40 First allegation is she took money for questioning.
05:44 Second allegation is she said, you gave my parliament, she gave Mr. Darshan Hiranandani
05:51 her parliament login and ID.
05:52 Okay, this is the second allegation.
05:54 Let us go further.
05:56 There were others who are also assisting her in this targeted attack and she has interacted
06:02 with many Congress leaders including Rahul Gandhi on matter relating to Adani companies.
06:09 She also has frequent interaction with international journalists of the Financial Times, the New
06:14 York Times, the BBC and also with several Indian publications.
06:17 Seventh, she also received unverified details from several sources including some claiming
06:25 to be former Adani group employees.
06:28 Certain information was shared with me based on which I continued to post questions using
06:32 her parliamentary logins.
06:34 Okay, point number eight, I felt that through her I would get support in other states ruled
06:42 by the opposition because she bonded extremely well with other leaders of the opposition
06:48 like Mr. Gandhi, Shashi Tharoor and Pinaki Mishra.
06:51 Ninth, she made frequent demands from me and kept asking me for various favours.
06:56 This included gifting her expensive luxury items, providing support on the renovation
07:02 of her officially allotted bungalow in Delhi, travel expenses, holidays etc.
07:07 Tenth, last many a times I felt that she was taking undue advantage of me and pressurizing
07:13 me to do things I didn't want to do.
07:15 But I had no choice because of the aforementioned reason.
07:19 Okay, this is the allegation that Mr. Hiranandani made.
07:24 Okay, so apna story more or less clear hai.
07:27 Baaki sab there are lot about a dog and a cat and all that.
07:29 I don't want to get into all that dog cat story.
07:32 So let us get, this is the problem.
07:33 Problem number one, that she took money to ask questions.
07:36 Problem number two, she took money from this Darshan Hiranandani to ask questions.
07:41 Problem number three, she gave login ID and password for her parliamentary account to
07:46 Mr. Darshan Hiranandani.
07:48 These are three problems.
07:50 Okay.
07:51 Galat hai, wrong.
07:53 If she has taken money to ask questions, wrong.
07:55 Teek hai, correct hai.
07:57 Giving ID password, absolutely wrong.
08:00 Absolutely wrong.
08:01 Are you won't even give your ID password of your office to a stranger, to another person,
08:07 let alone giving your ID password of the Lok Sabha.
08:11 Bapre, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.
08:13 Very wrong.
08:14 Teek hai, chalo.
08:15 This is okay.
08:16 But there are few things I don't understand.
08:19 Few things I don't understand.
08:21 What I don't understand is, till now I don't understand what questions she asked that could
08:26 help some major company or some major conglomerate or this Hiranandani and all.
08:32 What questions she asked, I don't know.
08:33 The question she asked was to the Prime Minister, which is her job.
08:39 Opposition MP, a lot of opposition MP must have forgotten this by the way.
08:42 But technically speaking, you see, opposition MP's job is to ask the government questions
08:47 she was asking.
08:49 She had some difference of opinion by the way, in the way Adani functioned and in the
08:55 way Adani was allowed to function.
08:58 She asked the Prime Minister question, why are you allowing this company to function
09:01 the way it is supposed to function?
09:04 What is wrong in that?
09:05 Acha, she took assistance from Rahul Gandhi, she took assistance from Shashi Tharoor.
09:11 So?
09:12 Are?
09:13 So what?
09:14 If she had took assistance from Rahul Gandhi, she took assistance from Shashi Tharoor, she
09:19 should take assistance from Udda Thakre also, if he knows something.
09:22 What is wrong in that?
09:24 What is wrong in that?
09:25 She took.
09:26 So that's fine, isn't it?
09:27 Then this Mr. Hiranandani says, I had to give expensive gifts.
09:32 I was forced to for aforementioned reason.
09:35 Why would a Hiranandani get scared of a Moumua Moitra?
09:43 Why would somebody get scared of a Moumua Moitra?
09:46 I don't think even people in Calcutta get scared of Moumua Moitra.
09:49 Why would somebody sitting in Dubai, this gentleman sits in Dubai, get scared of Moumua
09:53 Moitra and therefore, you know, give her gifts and cash and all that.
09:57 He must have given if he has written.
09:58 I don't know whether he has given or not, but these are the questions I have.
10:02 And think about it.
10:03 As a layman, this is what comes to my mind.
10:05 First of all, I, like I told you, never understood that what did she do that was against the
10:12 country or against the, what the questions she asked.
10:15 If she has taken money for that, even the question is right, that is wrong.
10:19 That is completely wrong.
10:20 That is unethical, that is criminal and I am sure she will face the consequences.
10:25 She has given her login ID and all that.
10:28 Very, very wrong.
10:29 She will face the consequences for that.
10:31 But other than that, I really don't understand what questions she asked, which really made
10:35 such a big UN crime.
10:37 And is this a crime?
10:40 Asking questions about Adani to Mr. Narendra Modi.
10:47 Now I go a little back.
10:50 What I am asking is, you know Prananjay Guha Thakurta?
10:55 Prananjay Guha Thakurta asked questions about Adani.
11:00 He was called to one court.
11:04 He was now interrogated for two days by Delhi police and all of that.
11:09 So that is happening.
11:11 Rahul Gandhi asked questions about Modi and asked questions about Adani and Narendra Modi.
11:19 He was almost going to get arrested.
11:23 His membership in Lok Sabha got suspended.
11:28 His house was taken away from him.
11:31 That happened.
11:32 Sanjay Singh asked questions about Adani and Modi.
11:36 He is behind bars.
11:37 He is behind bars.
11:39 Like most of the AAP people.
11:41 Like I told you, AAP can have a national conference inside the prison.
11:44 They all can sit together.
11:46 They can do a national conference there.
11:48 So that also happened.
11:49 So the question is, while all this is right and I am not saying, if Moua Mohitra has done
11:55 this, I am not saying this is right, absolutely wrong.
11:57 But the point is, my question is, how come every time you question Mr. Adani and Mr.
12:06 Narendra Modi, something goes wrong for you.
12:10 Something happens.
12:11 Something bad happens to you.
12:13 This point I didn't understand.
12:15 This point I need to get clarity on.
12:18 That said, I repeat, I repeat, if, even if the questions were right, even if the questions
12:26 were logical, even if the questions were something that an opposition member, opposition leader
12:31 should be asking the government, even if those questions were right and logical and relevant,
12:37 if you have taken money for that question, is it wrong?
12:39 It is wrong.
12:40 So to that extent, I agree.
12:42 And the fact that you give your login IDs and all that to a stranger, an outsider, absolutely
12:47 wrong.
12:48 So that is my tutorial tonight.
12:49 Till I see you next time, that is on Monday at 10pm.
12:54 Namaskar.
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