At Ethics Panel Meet With Mahua Moitra, No Personal Questions, Says Report

Sources said the report underscored that the questions asked were based on submissions made by various departments on the alleged unethical conduct of Mahua Moitra.

The Parliamentary Ethics Committee questioning of Mahua Moitra -- which the Trinamool MP had claimed involved "extremely personal and derogatory questions" -- was an attempt to ascertain facts that were flagged in submissions by the Union home ministry and the IT ministry, sources have said. Ms Moitra had walked out of the November 2 meeting with some Opposition members of the committee, refusing to answer the questions of committee chairman Vinod Sonkar.

Ms Moitra had indicated that the questions pertained to her relationship with industrialist Darshan Hiranandani, who has been accused of giving bribes in exchange for parliament questions to perpetuate his business interests.

Sources said the report underscored that the questions asked were based on submissions made by various departments on the alleged unethical conduct of Ms Moitra. The crux of the login-sharing lay in the discrepancy between Ms Moitra's visits to Dubai and the huge number of times her login was accessed from there.