Six Trinamul Congress MLAs have written a letter to the party chief bringing charges of non-cooperation against Mahua Moitra, party MP from Krishnagar in Nadia district, sources said.
Trinamul Congress candidate Mahua Moitra filed her nomination papers from the Krishnagar parliamentary constituency before the district election officer Arun Prasad today.
On Saturday morning, a team of CBI officers reached the residence of the father of Mahua Moitra, who was recently expelled from the Lok Sabha in connection with the alleged cash-for-query scam.
The Lokpal has given the CBI six months time to complete the probe.
Yusuf Pathan will contest the Lok Sabha elections from Baharampur constituency.
“An enquiry has been initiated on the instructions of Lokpal. We have not registered a Preliminary Enquiry or FIR against Moitra in this regard, agency sources said.
Dubey had accused Moitra of asking questions in the Lok Sabha in exchange for cash and gifts.
In apparent fallout of the Mahua Moitra case, the Lok Sabha Secretariat on Thursday issued an advisory to MPs that their personal staff or any third party cannot access the Digital Sansad website and give notices or submit questions on MPs’ behalf.
After her appointment, Moitra immediately posted on social media platform X, formerly Twitter
The six members of the Ethics Committee who supported the recommendatory report on the 'cash-for-query' charges against the Trinamul Congress MP, included Congress MP Preneet Kaur, while the remaining four members opposed it, the Committee Chairman said.
