Mahua Moitra wants to cross examine Hiranandani

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Friday told the Ethics Committee of Lok Sabha that businessman Darshan Hiranandani's recent affidavit against her was “scant on detail and provides no actual inventory” of gifts he had allegedly given to her in return for asking questions in Parliament. She urged the panel to summon the businessman and allow her “to exercise my right to cross-examine” him. In his affidavit, the businessman had said that the TMC leader targeted Gautam Adani to "malign and embarrass" Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He also claimed that he had given information to Moitra on the basis of which she attacked the Adani Group in Parliament. He alleged that he had gifted her expensive luxury items and paid for the “renovation of her official” bungalow.