New Delhi: The Parliamentary Ethics Committee, concerned about national security, has recommended the expulsion of Mahua Moitra from parliament for sharing her login credentials. The committee made this decision today after investigating the cash-for-query issue.
Here are the key points in this story:
1. The Ethics Committee pointed out that sharing passwords with unauthorized individuals, such as Darshan Hiranandani who lives abroad, could result in secret information falling into the hands of foreign agencies.
2. The committee explained that sharing parliamentary logins could grant unauthorized access to sensitive documents shared with MPs in advance. For example, the Jammu and Kashmir Delimitation Bill, 2019, and other draft bills not available to the public are circulated among MPs in advance.
3. The Union home ministry, in its report to the committee, revealed that as many as 20 bills, including those on banning triple talaq and the insolvency code, have been uploaded in advance on the portal. The committee warned that a possible leak of such documents could pose a threat to national security.
4. Sharing MPs’ passwords could also facilitate hackers in uploading documents that could endanger national security and potentially lead to an attack on parliament.
5. According to the report, Mahua Moitra’s account was accessed 47 times from the United Arab Emirates between July 2019 and April 2023. However, she had only visited the UAE four times between 2019 and September 2023. The committee suspects that someone from the same IP address logged in 47 times.
6. The report also revealed that 50 out of the 61 questions asked by Mahua Moitra coincided with businessman Darshan Hiranandani’s interests. While the committee cannot investigate if Moitra received cash from Hiranandani, it has requested the government to probe the money trail.
7. Moitra has admitted to sharing her login credentials but denies asking any questions in Lok Sabha on Hiranandani’s behalf. She claims that many MPs share their log-in credentials with others.
8. Moitra had walked out of the Ethics Committee meeting last week, accusing them of asking intrusive personal questions. The committee’s chief, Vinod Kumar Sonkar, accused her of non-cooperation.
9. Businessman Darshan Hiranandani, who allegedly paid Moitra to ask questions in parliament targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Adani Group, has also admitted to login sharing in an affidavit.
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