Mahua Moitra Parliamentary ID row: BJP Asks if TMC's Silence Means Party Accepts her Breaches

BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Sunday launched a scathing attack on TMC over the party’s silence on cash-for-questions against its Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra. Poonawalla said TMC can’t just say ‘no comments’ without clarifying if their silence means acceptance of Moitra’s ‘breaches’.

“Does it mean TMC accepts Mahua Moitra had made serious breaches including giving her log in to be operated from foreign soil by a rival corporate entity in exchange for kickbacks?” the BJP leader asked.

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Saturday, wihtout naming anyone, had claimed that “an MP” was in India when their parliamentary ID was used in Dubai adding that the National Informatics Centre (NIC) has disclosed the information to probe agencies. In an X (formerly Twitter) post in Hindi, the BJP leader had said “an MP pawned the country’s security for some money”.

“The MP’s ID was opened from Dubai when the so-called parliamentarian was in India. The entire Indian government, including the prime minister, finance department and central agencies, uses this NIC,” Dubey had further added.

Following the BJP MP’s allegations, TMC maintained a distance from Mahua Moitra saying the “related person may herself explain or answer the issues”.

The party’s state general secretary Kunal Ghosh said the party will not issue any statement on the controversy. “No comments on this particular issue. We have nothing to say on it. The Trinamool Congress will not say a single word. We have nothing to say and no comments. The related person may explain or answer the issues but not Trinamool Congress,” Ghosh said.

Shehzad Poonawalla questioned is the party’s silence over the issue and asked “if TMC is afraid of taking action because the party itself has something to hide?”

“Is the TMC afraid of taking this action because the party itself has something to hide? Perhaps people in the party knew or endorsed it? TMC must clarify,” the BJP leader said in an X post.

Mahua Moitra, on the other hand, has rejected all the claims.