Mani Shankar Aiyar summons TMC’s Mahua, but says there will be no action against the BJP’s Bidhuri Show Center’s double standards

Senior Congressman Mani Shankar Aiyar said that the Ethics Committee’s summons of TMC MP Mahua Moitra about the cash-for-query controversy, together with the fact that Ramesh Bidhuri of the BJP was not punished severely for making “objectionable” statements in the Lok Sabha, demonstrated the Center’s “double standards.”

He also said that democracy is in “danger” and that the nation is going through a very “critical stage.”

At the book launch for former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi’s book, “India’s Experiment with Democracy – The Life of Nation Through Its Elections,” Aiyar gave a speech on Sunday in Patna.

“We need to safeguard the Indian Constitution’s spirit. All three of our democratic pillars—the legislative, executive, and judicial branches—must continue to be robust. They make up the spirit as well as the form of parliamentary democracy.

But it’s not taking place. Why is the present government in the Central government treating TMC’s Mahua Moitra and BJP’s Ramesh Bidhuri differently, or using different rules? The former union minister Aiyar said.

On November 2, Moitra made an appearance before the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee over the accusations of receiving payment in exchange for a question. Because of the kind of questions being posed, the TMC MP had left the session.

The “derogatory” remarks that Bidhuri, a BJP MP from South Delhi, made in the Lok Sabha about BSP MP Danish Ali drew harsh condemnation.

“Bidhuri is occupied with the BJP’s state-wide election campaign. Moitra, however, had to make an appearance before the Ethics Committee. In the next Lok Sabha elections, voters would need to exercise caution and attention. They also need to vote in the 2024 elections only after giving it careful consideration, the seasoned Congressman said.

Speaking at the book launch, Quraishi expressed his disapproval of the idea of “One Nation, One Election,” stating that it “cannot work at all in a country like India.” When this matter was brought up before, it was rejected.