Who is Darshan Hiranandani?( Hiranandani)

New Delhi: Businessman Darshan Hiranandani has become a government witness in the Cash for Query controversy, giving a big blow to TMC MP Mahua Moitra. Hiranandani ( Hiranandani) said on Thursday that he had given money to a TMC MP to raise questions in Parliament about Adani Group. Darshan Hiranandani, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Hiranandani, a group that operates in the real estate to energy sectors, said that Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra targeted industrialist Gautam Adani for defaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said that Moitra’s intention was to defame the Prime Minister because due to his reputation, opposition parties do not get a chance to attack him. It has been alleged that Hiranandani Group had allegedly paid TMC MP Mahua Moitra to raise questions in Parliament about Adani Group.
In his affidavit, Hiranandani admitted that he visited Moitra’s parliamentary office to ask questions targeting Adani after state-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) chose the Dhamra LNG import facility in Odisha over his company’s LNG terminal. Login was used. News18 India has seen a copy of this affidavit. He claimed that Mahua Moitra ‘constantly demanded expensive luxuries, assistance in renovating her officially allotted bungalow in Delhi, travel expenses, holidays besides help for her visits to various places in the country and the world.’
How did this matter arise?
In fact, earlier this week, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and Mahua Moitra’s estranged partner and lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai alleged that Moitra took help from Hiranandani to raise questions in Parliament. On this, Mahua Moitra has filed a defamation case against him before the Delhi High Court. Meanwhile, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has sent Nishikant Dubey’s complaint to the Ethics Committee of Parliament.

What has Darshan Hiranandani said?
Darshan Hiranandani said that after meeting Mahua Moitra (when she was an MLA) at the ‘Bengal Global Business Summit’ in 2017, she became his ‘close personal friend’ over the years. Hiranandani said that he expected this to provide business opportunities in states ruled by opposition parties. Hiranandani said about Moitra winning the Lok Sabha elections from Krishnanagar in West Bengal in 2019, ‘She was very ambitious and wanted to make a name for herself at the national level.’ Hiranandani said, ‘She (Mahua) was advised by her friends and advisors. Given that the shortest route should be taken and she can gain fame by personally attacking Prime Minister Modi.

Hiranandani exposed Mahua?
Hiranandani said, ‘However, the Prime Minister has an impeccable reputation and he is not giving any opportunity to anyone to attack him in policy, governance or personal conduct.’ He said, ‘As was her (Moitra) habit, she Thought the only way to attack PM Modi is to attack Gautam Adani and his group because both are contemporaries and they are from the same state Gujarat.’ Hiranandani said he was helped by the fact that Adani had a strong influence on business, politics and He had aroused jealousy in some sections of the media and was critical of him. “Therefore, he was hoping to get support from these sections in his attempt to defame and embarrass the Prime Minister by targeting Adani,” he said.

‘Mahua Moitra gave me her email ID and login’
Hiranandani said he was aware of IOC choosing Dhamra over his company’s LNG terminal. He said, ‘Based on this information, Moitra drafted some questions, which may have elements of embarrassing the government by targeting the Adani Group; Questions that she could raise in Parliament.’ Hiranandani claimed, ‘She shared her e-mail ID with me as an MP, so that I could send her information and she could raise questions in Parliament. I accepted their proposal.’ Hiranandani claimed that Moitra was happy with the response she received from the first set of questions related to the Adani Group. Hiranandani said Moitra then “requested” him to continue his cooperation in her attacks on the Adani Group. Hiranandani said, he ‘provided me with his Parliament login and password so that I can post questions directly on his behalf if required.’

Who is Darshan Hiranandani?
Hiranandani Group is a big name in the world of real estate. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Hiranandani Group is Darshan Hiranandani. According to Darshan Hiranandani’s LinkedIn profile, he has founded Tez Platform, Yotta Infrastructure Solutions and Greenbase – Industrial and Logistics Park. Hiranandani has done MBA and BS from Rochester Institute of Technology, New York. Darshan Hiranandani is credited with taking the group’s real estate business international and diversifying into emerging sectors such as datacentres, cloud computing, energy and industrial storage and logistics. Hiranandani Group was founded by Darshan’s father Niranjan Hiranandani and uncle.