Cash-for-query allegations: Ethics panel meet deferred, Moitra and Dubey engage in war of words

Moitra said no draft report of the committee was circulated to the members. She added that BJP leaders were reaching out to allies to ensure their attendance to adopt the report by majority.

Dubey, whose complaint against Moitra to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla led to the Ethics Committee proceedings, took a dig at the TMC MP contending it was her guilty conscience that led her to worry about the parliamentary panel proceedings.

“No draft report circulated as is the norm but will be ‘adopted’ on Nov 9. Meeting postponed to clash with INC MP’s nomination date so he can’t come. BJP calling allies to ensure attendance to adopt via majority. Chartered flight to fly in MP state president. How scared Adani & Modi are,” Moitra said in a post on X.

Congress Lok Sabha member Uttam Kumar Reddy, a member of the committee, is contesting the upcoming Telangana Assembly elections.

“What is there to fear about who will attend the Ethics Committee? Or whether the paper was circulated? What is in the report? Does this reflect fear or should we say that guilt conscience pricks the mind? One should be patient…,” Dubey said on X. Opposition members are expected to submit dissent notes to the committee.

The 15-member committee has seven members from the BJP, three from the Congress, and one each from BSP, Shiv Sena, YSRCP, CPI(M) and JDU.