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Did not request UK govt to arrange travel papers for Lalit Modi: Sushma Swaraj

| | Aug 03, 2015, at 06:58 pm
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IBNS): Amid loud protests in the Parliament, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday tried to defend herself over the allegations levelled against her for helping former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi procure travel papers to UK.
"I wanted to clarify this from the very beginning but the opposition is not ready for any discussion. They only resort to ruckus and chaos. I did not ever request UK government to  arrange the travel papers for Lalit Modi," Swaraj said even as the oppositions created chaos in the Parliament.

Congress-led opposition parties are demanding the resignation of Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje for their alleged help to disgraced cricket tycoon Lalit Modi and of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan over the Vyapam recruitment scam.

Assailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi for being 'silent' on scandals involving his party colleagues, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday made it clear that her party would continue  protests in parliament until the ruling BJP agreed to remove its leaders caught in Controversies. 

" We will fight against the brazen attitude of the government", she said at the Congress Parliamentary Party meeting.

"The PM has been very free with his promises yet he seems totally incapable of delivering on them - for its silence on acts of monumental corruption, its willful violations of law and gross misdemeanors on part of its leading lights," she said. 

"The "Mann ki baat" man appears to retreat into a "Maun Vrat" whenever there is a scandal involving his colleagues," she said. 

Her sharp reaction came ahead of an all-party meeting that was scheduled to be held later in the day to discuss a way out of the deadlock that has stalled business in Parliament since the Monsoon session began.
 
However, the Congress rejected the debate and said Swaraj should resign first.

 Sonia Gandhi said: "Today, we have to listen to sermons on parliamentary behaviour from those who not only defended but also advocated disruption as a legitimate tactic when we they were in the opposition."

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