West Bengal: Mahua Moitra appointed Trinamool chief of Krishnanagar amid cash-for-query case

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra was on Monday appointed the party’s president of Krishnanagar in West Bengal’s Nadia district.

Party MLA Rukbanur Rehman has been made the chairperson of the Trinamool Congress’ Krishnanagar unit.

Thank you @MamataOfficial and @AITCofficial for appointing me District President of Krishnanagar (Nadia North) .
Will always work with the party for the people of Krishnanagar.— Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) November 13, 2023

The appointment comes at a time when Moitra is embroiled in the alleged cash-for-query case. Bharatiya Janata Party MP Nishikant Dubey and advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai have accused Moitra of taking bribes from businessman Darshan Hiranandani to ask questions in Parliament.

The Hiranandani Group had initially dismissed Dubey’s allegations as having “no merit”. However, on October 19, Hiranandani, the chief executive officer of the real estate company, submitted an affidavit accusing Moitra of spreading unverified information about Gautam Adani.

Moitra had clarified in an interview in October that she gave Hiranandani access to her online Lok Sabha account but denied taking any bribes from him. She had claimed that MPs do not type their own questions and that the queries can only be submitted upon entering a one-time password, which is delivered to the phone number of the legislators.

The Lok Sabha ethics committee, which investigated the allegations, adopted its report on November 8. Six panel members...

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