Janjivan Bureau
New Delhi : Samajwadi Party defended the External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and said nothing wrong as human. SP general secretary Ramgopal yadav said that she did on humanitarian ground. The government and the BJP on Sunday backed external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, who is under opposition attack after admitting that she helped Lalit Modi with his travel papers on humanitarian grounds.Swaraj said her action was based on humanitarian grounds and did not benefit Lalit Modi otherwise. Hours later, the top brass of the BJP came out in support of Swaraj with the BJP president Amit Shah and home minister Rajnath Singh backing the external affairs minister. Here’s the latest as Sushma Swaraj finds herself in midst of a row over Lalit Modi travel documents.
At 4.56 pm, almost an hour after Congress’ press conference, the external affairs minister once again took to twitter and clarified her position. “What benefit did I pass on to Lalit Modi – that he could sign consent papers for surgery of his wife suffering from Cancer ? He was in London. After his wife’s surgery, he came back to London. What is it that I changed?” Swaraj asked.
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