Cash-for-query: Days After Filing FIR, CBI Raids Mahua Moitra’s Kolkata Residence & Other Locations

After perusing the CBI Preliminary Enquiry report, the Lokpal directed to agency to conduct probe the allegations against Moitra and submit a report within 6 months. (File Photo: PTI) The CBI on Thursday registered an FIR against the former TMC MP after orders from the anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on … Read more

CBI summons ‘complainant’ Dehadrai in Moitra case

CBI has summoned Supreme Court lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai on January 25 for recording his statement in connection with its inquiry against Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra in the alleged ‘cash for query’ scandal. Moitra was expelled from the Lok Sabha last month after the House’s ethics committee recommended her disqualification over her alleged involvement … Read more

mahua moitra: Mahua Moitra Saga Explained: What is cash-for-query scandal, reasons for expulsion, and what lies ahead for her

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra was expelled from the Lok Sabha on Friday following a discussion on the Ethics Committee’s report regarding the ‘cash-for-query’ issue. The report, tabled in the Lower House, triggered a heated debate where Moitra was notably not given the opportunity to speak. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi, in response to the … Read more