The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday fired salvos at the Congress party, asking the latter to explain exactly what 'benefits' were given to former IPL chief Lalit Modi.
"The Congress leaders should tell what help has Lalit Modi been given? Has the investigation against him suffered at all? Have any charges against him been diluted, like they had done in the 2G scam? Has his case been transferred?" BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi told ANI.
Trivedi's comments come after the Congress party protested at the residence of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi, demanding her resignation for facilitating travel documents of Lalit Modi in the United Kingdom.
The slogan-shouting Congress members also burnt Swaraj's effigy and tried to break a security cordon near her residence. But policemen foiled their attempt.
Swaraj had on Sunday said she had taken a humanitarian view of Lalit Modi's case since his wife was suffering from cancer.
She further said that British MP Keith Vaz had spoken to her on the same, adding she believes that giving an Indian citizen 'emergency travel documents' cannot spoil relations between India and the UK.
Vaz, who is facing an inquiry in the UK over the role he played in Modi receiving his travel papers, said that he had checked with the Indian Government before taking any action and added that he had received a 'no objection' from New Delhi.