The Lok Sabha secretariat, in a notice, did not cite any reason for rescheduling the meeting. The committee, headed by BJP MP Vinod Kumar Sonkar, has finished its enquiry and will make its recommendation after its members ranged along party lines in the last meeting on November 2.
Cash for query case: TMC MP Mahua Moitra to appear before Lok Sabha ethics panel on November 2
BJP members are in a majority in the 15-member committee which is likely to take a grim view of the charges against Moitra, more so after she accused Sonkar of asking “filthy and personal” questions to her in the last meeting before walking out in a rage along with opposition members.
Sonkar had alleged that Moitra made baseless allegations to avoid questions based on the affidavits given to the committee. There are indications the committee may make a recommendation against her in its report to Speaker Om Birla amid a possibility of dissent notes from opposition. Moitra has been accused of asking questions in Lok Sabha to target Adani group at behest of businessman Darshan Hiranandani for bribes.