Didn’t recommend Lalit Modi’s case to British govt, Sushma says in LS

“I had only conveyed to the UK government that if they decide to grant travel documents to Lalit Modi, that would not affect the India-Britain ties”, the senior BJP leader said.

“All allegations against me are false”.

Swaraj claimed that injustice was done to her as she never got the chance to give any clarification and to put forth her point of view. “If I had requested or recommended, then the British Government would have answered the Economic Times query accordingly”, said Swaraj.

Finally, minister for external affairs Sushma Swaraj has spoken for herself, challenging the opposition that has been demanding her resignation over the Lalit Modi controversy. “Modi’s wife was suffering from cancer for 17 years, her cancer relapsed and that was the only reason behind my intervention”.

Sushma said she had made repeated attempts in both Houses to resolve the deadlock over the former IPL commissioner’s travel documents in the United Kingdom.

Vaz also offered to help Swaraj’s nephew Jyotirmay Kaushal to apply for a British law degree course, the report said. Lalit Modi left the country shortly after the ED began its probe against him in 2009. She was getting treated at a research center in Portugal. “Doctors said this time her cancer is life-threatening”, Sushma informed the House.

“I had no role either in taking the decision or in recommending it to the British authorities”, the minister again stated.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday slammed Narendra Modi government over “historic” Naga peace accord. “Let Modi’s wife die?”

Meanwhile the Congress continued its protest for the third day on Thursday over the suspension of 25 of its MPs by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan.

“We helped a woman who is a citizen of India who is not involved in the crimes committed”, she said.