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Mahila Congress workers demand sacking of Sushma Swaraj

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ANI Jaipur
Last Updated : Jun 16 2015 | 5:15 PM IST

Workers of the Mahila Congress Committee staged a protest here on Tuesday, burning an effigy of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and demanding that she be removed from the Union Cabinet for helping former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi obtain his travel documents.

The Congress workers also raised anti-NDA slogans, demanding that black money be brought back to the country.

The Congress, which has sharpened its attack against the External Affairs, has sought a clarification from Prime Minister Modi on the entire episode.

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

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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.
 

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First Published: Jun 16 2015 | 4:37 PM IST

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