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| Swaraj remained silent till Rahul accused her family of taking money from Modi | | | Early Time Report
Srinagar, Aug 16: The opposition creating uproar in the Parliament over External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's husband getting alleged kickbacks from Lalit Modi, former IPL Commissioner, a "fugitive", in getting travel document "in stealth" to go outside London when law enforcement agencies were looking for him has opened a Pandora's box.
Opposition did not buy the version of Swaraj that she helped Modi on "humanitarian grounds" and remained firm on its demand to seek her resignation. Rahul Gandhi's assertion that her husband got money from Modi infuriated Swaraj and she hit back at Rahul saying, "I didn't do anything wrong. If helping a woman who has not been involved in any crime is wrong, then I admit I have done something wrong," Sushma Swaraj said
"My family members are Lalit Modi's lawyers. But my husband was not a lawyer of Lalit Modi in the passport case," Swaraj said in the Parliament amid uproar by the Opposition. "My daughter did not take even a single penny from Lalit Modi in this case as she was the ninth junior member in a team of 11," she said. Swaraj then attacked the Congress and alleged that it was then Finance Minister P Chidambaram who was involved in conflict of interest. "I want to tell Opposition members what conflict of interest is," Swaraj said. She said the "conflict of interest" was when Chidambaram headed the Ministry of Finance and his wife Nalini was made the lawyer for the I-T department. Things got personal when Swaraj spoke against Rahul Gandhi and asked to enquire with his mother (Congress president Sonia Gandhi) on how much cash changed hands while protecting Quattrocchi and Anderson. Her attacks even did not spare Congress governments in the past, including the one headed by Rahul's late father Rajiv Gandhi.
Later, Rahul Gandhi himself took the floor and hit back at Swaraj, saying she helped Lalit Modi because her family (husband and daughter) were the lawyers for him.
Rahul Gandhi said PM Modi was scared to face Lok Sabha on the issue.Rahul Gandhi said PM Modi was scared to face Lok Sabha on the issue.
"I ask Sushma Swaraj how much money you got for rescuing Modi. You must be the only person in the world to help a person on humanitarian grounds in stealth," he said.
He accused Prime Minister Modi of maintaining silence and cited Gandhiji's three monkeys to claim that Modi "does not see truth, does not speak truth and does not hear truth".
"Prime Minister Modi is not in the House because he does not have the guts to face truth," Rahul said.
He said the Prime Minister was not talking on the issue after having promised to bring black money back to the country and putting Rs 15 lakh in everybody's account. "Lalit Modi is the symbol of black money in the country. IPL is the symbol of black money in the country," he said. |
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