Trinamool Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra in an interview with India Today on Friday explained that she gave her Parliament login and password to Darshan Hiranandani as there is no rule as to who can have the login and who can not and no MP puts the questions themselves. The login and the passwords remain with their team. "But then an OTP comes and it comes to my phone only. It does not go to Darshan's phone. Only when I provide the OTP, the questions are submitted," Mahua Moitra said dismissing all charges brought against her by advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai and BJP MP Nishikant Dubey.

"They have picked the wrong person to bully. They really have. I have given up everything in my life to sit here and some little Jharkhandi pitbull and some acrimonious ex-personal relationship is not going to be the end of me. I will continue to find this and you will see what happens in 2024," Mahua Moitra said.

'I have logged in from Switzerland; My sister's child from Cambridge'

Mahua Moitra said the charge that Darshan Hiranandani logged in from Dubai and it is a compromise on security is ludicrous. “The NIC login has no rules as to who can have the login or not. Every single MP's questions are given to their large teams. You are saying I have given it to a foreign entity. Darshan Hiranandani is a friend, and an Indian citizen. His passport has been made public. I myself have logged in from Switzerland. My sister's child has also logged in from Cambridge and typed in my questions. If NIC's question-and-answer portal is so very protected, then why don't you block IP addresses from entering it? Darshan Hiranandani does not need me to ask questions. Every question is RTI-able. Where is the quid, where is the quo?" Mahua Moitra said.

(With inputs from agencies)