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In reaction to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) initiating an investigation against Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra, party spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said that it is part of the "same script" in which the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is targeting TMC leaders to harass them.
"They have a bad, vindictive attitude towards Bengal because they lose in Bengal. That is why they are targeting Trinamool Congress leaders to harass them. Whatever is happening against Mahua is part of the same script," Kunal Ghosh said while speaking to ANI on Saturday. Ghosh further alleged that the BJP is using the central investigative agencies like a "frontal organisation" against the TMC. "This is a political conspiracy of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The Bharatiya Janata Party is misusing the CBI, ED and other central agencies against the Trinamool Congress like a frontal organisation," he said. Earlier today, a senior CBI official said that no Preliminary Enquiry (PE) has been registered however an investigation has been initiated as the matter was referred by the anti-corruption body Lokpal. "We are enquiring into the matter that was sent to us by Lokpal. We have yet to gather more details into the matter," the CBI official told ANI. Mahua Moitra is facing the heat of the "cash-for-query" allegations against her. The Lok Sabha Ethics Committee has recently recommended her expulsion from the Lower House. Lok Sabha Ethics Committee investigated the cash-for-query allegations and adopted the report against Moitra with a 6:4 majority recommending the expulsion of the TMC member. Moitra had appeared before the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee on November 2 over the cash-for-query allegations against her. Along with opposition members of the panel, she "walked out" of the meeting on Thursday. Opposition members raised questions over the line of questioning and alleged that "personal questions" were posed to the Trinamool Congress MP. BSP MP Danish Ali, Janata Dal (United) MP Giridhari Yadav, and Congress MP Uttam Kumar Reddy were among those who "walked out" of the meeting. Moitra alleged that she was subjected to humiliating personal questions from the panel. In a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Moitra stated that "unethical, sordid, prejudiced behaviour was meted out" to her during the meeting. Earlier Nishikant Dubey had earlier approached Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla against Moitra, accusing her of asking questions in Lok Sabha to target the Adani Group at the behest of businessman Darshan Hiranandani in exchange for gifts. The draft report is learnt to have suggested that "serious misdemeanours on the part of Mahua Moitra calls for severe punishment". The report of the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee is now with speaker Om Birla who will take a final decision on the fate of the Trinamool MP. (ANI)
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