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Looks as if all this is happening under the nose of PM: Congress on Lalit Modi row
New Delhi, June 22 (IBNS): The Congress party has decided to keep up the heat on the Centre over the Lalit Modi visa row and attacked Narendra Modi for his silence on Monday adding that the Prime Minister let this all happen.
Addressing a press conference, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said, "Everyday there are new scandals being exposed on the #ModiGate, but PM is silent. Due to the PM's silence, it looks as if all this is happening under the nose of the PM."
The Congress party also charged Finance Minister Arun Jaitley of influencing the ED probe in Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje's son and the former Indian premier League commissioner's case.
"We charge the Finance Minister of influencing the ED probe in Raje's son and Lalit Modi's case."
"Additional Solicitor General on behalf of the Enforcement Directorate told to Delhi High Court that action has been initiated by the ED, Open investigation has been initiated and logical conclusion will be sought. But yesterday, the Finance Minister said, it was a commercial transaction," said he.
The party posed five questions to the Centre.
"Whether Sushma Swaraj and Vasundhara Raje are not guilty under sections 13 (1)D under prevention or corruption act? Whether Smt. Sushma Swaraj & Vasundhara Raje are not guilty of FEMA, Money Laundering & Passport Acts?," asked the party.
Azad also asked that what made the Finance Minister give a clean chit to Vasundhara Raje and Lalit Modi, when the ED is probing.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh also attacked the Prime Minister and asked him to break his silence on the row.
"We believe that four laws have been violated by the External affairs Minister. We demand that a proper probe has to be conducted on this matter," he said.
"We want the Prime Minister to break his silence and share his 'Mann Ki Baat' on this issue," Ramesh slammed.
This comes as PM Modi and top BJP leaders are engaged in a controversy over helping former IPL commissioner's application for immigration to the UK in 2011.
At the centre of a raging controversy involving the BJP bigwigs who reportedly helped him travel in Europe, Lalit Modi had earlier said he was taken to task by the former UPA government for no reason though even some ministers of that government had helped him, a claim that was denied by the leaders he named.
Besides External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje had helped former IPL commissioner's application for immigration to the UK in 2011 too, said reports.
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