<p>Patna: Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Sunday alleged that the summoning of TMC MP Mahua Moitra by the Ethics Committee of Parliament over the cash-for-query row and no strict action against BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri for objectionable remark in Lok Sabha show ‘double standards’ on part of the Centre.</p>.<p>He also claimed that the country has been passing through a very 'critical stage' and that democracy is in 'danger'.</p>.<p>Aiyar was speaking here at the launch of former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi's book, 'India’s Experiment with Democracy-The Life of Nation Through Its Elections'.</p>.BJP planning criminal cases against me: Mahua Moitra.<p>'The spirit of the Indian Constitution must be protected. Each of our three pillars of democracy--the legislative, executive and judiciary--needs to remain strong. They constitute not only the form of parliamentary democracy but also its spirit. But it’s not happening. The current dispensation at the Centre is adopting a different approach or has double standards in dealing with TMC’s Mahua Moitra and BJP’s Ramesh Bidhuri…why?' Aiyar, the former union minister, said.</p>.<p>Moitra had on November 2 appeared before the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee in connection with the cash-for-query allegations against her. The TMC MP walked out of the hearing over the nature of questions being asked.</p>.<p>Bidhuri, the BJP MP from South Delhi, had faced strong criticism over his derogatory comments against BSP MP Danish Ali in Lok Sabha.</p>.<p>“Bidhuri is busy in BJP’s election campaign in different states. But Moitra was forced to appear before the Ethics Committee. I must say that electorates will have to remain cautious and alert in the coming Lok Sabha polls…they must cast their votes in the 2024 polls after a proper thought,' the veteran Congress leader said.</p>.<p>Speaking at the book launch, Quraishi disapproved of the concept of ‘one nation, one election’, and said, “In a country like India, this theory cannot work at all. This issue was raised earlier, but it was not accepted”. </p>
<p>Patna: Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Sunday alleged that the summoning of TMC MP Mahua Moitra by the Ethics Committee of Parliament over the cash-for-query row and no strict action against BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri for objectionable remark in Lok Sabha show ‘double standards’ on part of the Centre.</p>.<p>He also claimed that the country has been passing through a very 'critical stage' and that democracy is in 'danger'.</p>.<p>Aiyar was speaking here at the launch of former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi's book, 'India’s Experiment with Democracy-The Life of Nation Through Its Elections'.</p>.BJP planning criminal cases against me: Mahua Moitra.<p>'The spirit of the Indian Constitution must be protected. Each of our three pillars of democracy--the legislative, executive and judiciary--needs to remain strong. They constitute not only the form of parliamentary democracy but also its spirit. But it’s not happening. The current dispensation at the Centre is adopting a different approach or has double standards in dealing with TMC’s Mahua Moitra and BJP’s Ramesh Bidhuri…why?' Aiyar, the former union minister, said.</p>.<p>Moitra had on November 2 appeared before the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee in connection with the cash-for-query allegations against her. The TMC MP walked out of the hearing over the nature of questions being asked.</p>.<p>Bidhuri, the BJP MP from South Delhi, had faced strong criticism over his derogatory comments against BSP MP Danish Ali in Lok Sabha.</p>.<p>“Bidhuri is busy in BJP’s election campaign in different states. But Moitra was forced to appear before the Ethics Committee. I must say that electorates will have to remain cautious and alert in the coming Lok Sabha polls…they must cast their votes in the 2024 polls after a proper thought,' the veteran Congress leader said.</p>.<p>Speaking at the book launch, Quraishi disapproved of the concept of ‘one nation, one election’, and said, “In a country like India, this theory cannot work at all. This issue was raised earlier, but it was not accepted”. </p>