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Raje is 'Jhansi ki Rani', will sail through Lalitgate: Swamy

BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today extended his support to Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, who is embroiled in the Lalitgate row, calling her 'Jhansi ki Rani' and "capable of sailing through any controversy on her own". "Raje is Jhansi ki Rani, who has the capability to protect herself from any odd and if the need arises, I would help her," he said, while comparing the minister to the popular freedom fighter. Responding to questions on why no party leader has so far issued any statement in the Chief Minister's support like in the case of Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, who is also facing allegations pertaining to Lalit Modi, the leader said, "I know her (Raje). She is capable of protecting herself very well. She does not need the support of any party cadre. "What Raje did was just a small favour to an old friend on humanitarian ground, which was not a crime," he said. When questioned about allegations on Jhalawar MP and Raje's son Dushyant Singh for illegal transactions,

Sushma Swaraj maintains silence on Lalit Gate

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj maintained silence and refused to offer any comment on resignation speculations or the Lalit Modi issue on Friday

Why govt not making any efforts to bring Lalit back, asks Congress

Unrelenting in its attack over the Lalitgate controversy, Congress today wondered why the government was not making any efforts to bring former IPL boss Lalit Modi back to India.

PM busy with yoga as noise over 'scam' grows

Apart from yoga, a campaign on Incredible India is what's keeping Prime Minister Narendra Modi engaged

Lalit committed offences during Congress rule, but no action was taken: Govt

Government today sought to drag Congress into the controversy raging over some of its key leaders' questionable links with Lalit Modi, saying the former IPL boss committed all offences during the UPA rule but it took no action against him. While Law Minister Sadanand Gowda attacked Congress alleging the UPA government did not take any action against Modi, his cabinet colleague Rajiv Pratap Rudy dismissed the demand of resignation of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje. "They (Congress) have lost their base across the country. They are searching for some issue but they are not getting any issue. During their regime everything has happened. Why did they not take any action against Lalit Modi? Why did they not bring him back to India? What had refrained them (from doing so)?" Gowda asked. He insisted that Swaraj supported Modi, accused of laundering money to the tune of over Rs 700 crore, due to "humanitarian concern" over the health of

Lalitgate: Congress questions PM's silence, says he too is liable

Congress today attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his "silence" on the Lalitgate, saying he should come out of his 'meditation' and answer the nation as he too is "liable".

Had met Lalit Modi in London, asked him to return and face the law: Sharad Pawar

Lalit Modi, former IPL chief, feared there was a risk to his life based on a Mumbai police report

Release letter UPA wrote to chancellor Osborne on Lalit Modi issue: Chidambaram

Poses seven questions for Centre to answer on Lalit Modi visa row

Congress' multi-pronged attack on Swaraj, Raje

Government cautious on defending the Rajasthan CM

Lalit Modi quits as Godfrey director

Steps down from post after disqualification for not attending any board meeting in last 12 months

Swaraj just made a 'compassionate intervention': Prasad

Telecom Minister said: 'As regards to the Rajasthan issue, the details will have to be enquired into. The details will have to be taken'

Cong links Rajasthan govt's MoU with Portugal to Lalit Modi case

'Lalit Modi's visit to the Portuguese organisation and the BJP govt's MoU with it barely 2 months later are correlated'

Govt should ensure Lalit Modi returns to face probe: Chidambaram

Congress leader asks the govt to release the letters exchanged between him as Finance Minister and the Chancellor of Exchequer George Osborne

Facts in Lalit Modi case point to nepotism: Chidambaram

Former finance minister questions Sushma Swaraj's approach and demands all correspondence with UK on the issue be made public

Lalit Modi partying at foreign locales: Report

While External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said she helped former IPL chief Lalit Modi on "humanitarian grounds" to attend to his wife who was undergoing treatment for cancer in Lisbon last year, Huffington Post India said the travel document was issued till 2016, and Modi was seen partying with celebrities like Naomi Campbell and Paris Hilton in foreign locales.

Sushma Swaraj under attack for helping Lalit Modi

Leaked emails revealed British MP Keith Vaz, with the support of Sushma Swaraj, helped arrange travel documents for Lalit Modi to visit his ailing wife in Portugal in mid-2014

Lalit Modi row: Prashant Bhushan calls for creation of 'conflict of interest' law

In the aftermath of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj acknowledging the assistance provided by her office with regards to former IPL chairman Lalit Modi's travel papers, senior advocate Prashant Bhushan on Monday called for her resignation while also urging the authorities to look into the creation of a 'conflict of interest' law."Sushma Swaraj was the External Affairs Minister Lalit Modi at that time was an absconder from the law enforcement authorities of India. And, that is why on the instance of the Indian Government the British Government had imposed some restriction on his travel. So, she interceded on his behalf to remove that restriction. She interceded with the British government at a time when her daughter was his lawyer," Bhushan told ANI."This was, in my view, totally inappropriate. And, in fact there should be conflict of interest laws in this country which make it a offence for a person who is a public servant to do an official act in favour of a person from whom ..

Lalit Modi row: No need for husband's sign for operation in Portugal, claims Congress

Congress today stepped up the attack on External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj alleging there was "quid pro quo" involved in her "assistance" to Lalit Modi in obtaining British travel documents and demanded that the scam- tainted former IPL Commissioner be brought back and tried in India.

Sushma Swaraj's excuses on Lalit Modi issue 'bogus': Congress

Continuing its attack on External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj over grant of travel permission to former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi, the Congress on Monday said her excuses on the issue were "totally bogus"

Swaraj hits back at journo who raked up propriety issue

Under attack for helping fugitive former IPL boss Lalit Modi obtain travel documents in UK, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today hit back at a TV journalist who had raked up the issue of propriety in the matter. "Look who is preaching propriety -of all the persons...," Swaraj tweeted. Swaraj has been under attack by political parties and others for helping scam-tainted Modi to obtain British travel documents after the disclosure of emails showing that she had spoken to Indian-origin British MP Keith Vaz and its High Commissioner here James Bevan seeking favours for the former cricket administrator, who had to go to Portugal, purportedly for his wife's cancer treatment in June last year. After the reports surfaced, 63-year-old Swaraj said in a series of tweets that she had taken a "humanitarian view" and conveyed to the British High Commissioner that they should examine Modi's request as per their rules and "if the British government chooses to give travel documents to ...