The Hiranandani group on October 15 refuted the allegations mentioned by Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey in a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on the company giving bribe to TMC's Mahua Moitra to ask questions in the Parliament.
The corporate group gave a statement in response to a query from Moneycontrol. “These allegations have no merit. We have always been in the business of business and not in the business of politics. Our group has always worked with the government in the interest of the nation and will continue doing so,” said an official spokesperson of the Hiranandani group.
The allegation against Moitra by Dubey is that she has purportedly asked questions in Parliament in exchange for gifts and cash from the Hiranandani group, and has targeted the Prime Minister and Home Minister in an attempt to link them to the Adani group. Moitra has rubbished such claims.
However, responding to the allegations, Mahua Moitra took to X (formerly Twitter) and said CBI is welcome to investigate "right after they finish investigating Adani's offshore money trail, over-invoicing, benami account".
Dubey quoted Dehadrai's points stating that Moitra asked approximately 50 questions in Parliament, "out of total 61, posted by her, which shockingly seek information, with the intent of protecting or perpetuating business interests of Darshan Hiranandani and his Company. The questions were also often focused on the Adani Group, another business conglomerate, Hiranandani Group was bidding for business against."
He also alleged a method by the TMC MP that was also followed by other opposition parties, of targeting the Prime Minister and Home Minister, constantly referencing to select business groups and giving the impression that she was critical of the Government, thereby giving herself the image of a “firebrand Member of Parliament”. This is “nothing but a sham," he added in his letter to the Speaker.
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