Overview

• The CBI handed over its full investigation into allegations of bribery and credentials sharing by MP Mahua Moitra to the Lokpal on July 28, 2025.
• The agency filed an FIR on March 21, 2024, under the Prevention of Corruption Act following a Lokpal referral after BJP MP Nishikant Dubey’s complaints.
• Prosecutors allege Moitra took undue advantages from businessman Darshan Hiranandani to ask targeted questions against the Adani Group and Prime Minister Modi and that she shared her Lok Sabha portal login, raising security concerns.
• An ethics committee expelled Moitra from the Lok Sabha in December 2023 for unethical conduct, a decision she has challenged in the Supreme Court despite her re-election in Krishnanagar in 2024.
• The Lokpal must now review the CBI’s findings to decide whether to issue formal charges, pursue further inquiry, or close the case.