Act against Moitra for her ‘unethical behaviour’: BJP MP

NEW DELHI: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Thursday alleged in Lok Sabha that TMC member Mohua Moitra had used derogatory remarks against him during a parliamentary committee meeting on Wednesday.
The MP from Godda raised the issue during Zero Hour, saying that the term used by the TMC MP was an insult inflicted on the entire Hindi-speaking people from UP, Bihar and Jharkhand.
“I want to draw the attention of all members of this House. This is my 13th year as an MP and the way I was called... yesterday by a woman, by Trinamool Congress, I have not seen this in my life,” Dubey said amid din due to protests by the opposition over Pegasus and other issues. He demanded action against the TMC member for “unethical behaviour”.
The term Dubey claimed was used against him was later expunged by the Chair.
As soon as Dubey started speaking on the subject, Moitra, who was protesting in the Well of the House over the Pegasus controversy, rushed to her seat and put on the microphone to listen to what the BJP MP was saying.
The BJP MP said, “Sir what is our crime? Is it a crime that we as labourers, as a Bihari, as Hindi-speaking persons from Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, have toiled hard. Our homeland imparted education to Lord Ram.” The BJP MP had spoken for a few minutes when the House was adjourned.
Later, Dubey accused Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, chairman of the Standing Committee on IT, of allowing his personal staff in the panel meetings and demanded his removal.
“Under rule 268 of Parliament, all persons other than members of the Committee and officers of the Lok Sabha Secretariat shall withdraw whenever the Committee is deliberating. However, Tharoor always allows his personal staff to stay in the committee meetings, which is against the rules,” Dubey told TOI. He said there was a a member of Tharoor’s personal staff, who tried to click pictures of the panel members when they went to attend the committee meeting on Wednesday.