Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra will skip a summons issued to her to appear before the Enforcement Directorate today in a Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) violation case. Moitra, who is fighting the Lok Sabha election from Krishnanagar, has communicated the decision to the central probe agency and has asked them not to call her until the completion of the polls.
The 49-year-old former MP was called for questioning twice earlier by the central agency. However, she had skipped those summonses as well, citing official work.
On Wednesday, the probe agency issued a fresh summons to Moitra and Dubai-based businessman Darshan Hiranandani to appear before them today.
Moitra was expelled from the Lok Sabha in December for “unethical conduct” following a probe into the cash-for-query allegations. BJP MP Nishikant Dubey’s complaint alleged that Moitra asked questions in the Parliament in exchange for cash and gifts from Hiranandani to mount an attack on industrialist Gautam Adani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, among others.