TMC's Mahua Moitra Appears Before Parliament Ethics Committee With Three Bags

TMC leader Mahua Moitra, who is embroiled in a controversy over a bribe-for-query incident, appeared before the Ethics Committee of the lower house on Thursday.

In a video clip shared by ANI, the lawmaker is seen entering the Parliament adorned in a red saree and sunglasses. Carrying a laptop bag, a high-end designer handbag, and a tiffin bag, she proceeded into the Parliament premises.

It may be recalled that Mahua Moitra has come under criticism earlier for being seen with an expensive Louis Vuitton bag in Parliament during an important debate over the price rise.

When Trinamool Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar began speaking, the Sansad TV camera zoomed in on her. Moitra appeared to realize that the live broadcast on this critical issue was also capturing her expensive Louis Vuitton handbag. She swiftly relocated the bag out of the camera's view to the floor.

The clip had gone viral.

On the other hand, the Committee is probing BJP Lok Sabha member Nishikant Dubey's bribe-for-query allegations against Moitra.

Dubey has accused Moitra of asking questions, which were keyed in through her parliamentary account, at the behest of businessman Darshan Hiranandani in return for bribes and favours from the Dubai-based scion of a well-known business family.

Moitra has admitted that she shared her log-in credentials with Hiranandani, whom she has described as a close friend for a long time, but has ruled out any pecuniary motive and asserted that the questions were always hers.

The Trinamool Congress MP has claimed that the Adani Group is behind the "bogus" charges due to her strident criticism of the business conglomerate.