Mocking Swaraj's claim of helping Modi on "humanitarian" grounds, the party took a jibe at BJP asking it disclose other such actions taken on the same ground.
Addressing a press conference here, senior leader Kumar Vishwas said that Swaraj "may have been targeted". He said the issue was akin to a controversy involving Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh's son.
"There's a possibility that she's being targeted because there have been instances in the past when Ministers have been cut to size. We want the Minister, who is also a leader of tall stature, to come forward and clarify as to who all were involved in decision making," Vishwas said.
"It is being said that she took the decision on humanitarian grounds. But is the government going to take the same position when it comes to other criminals as well?" he asked.
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"There's also an element of quid pro quo as Swaraj's daughter has been the legal counsel of (Lalit) Modi in the past," he told reporters.
Underlining the need to dig deeper into the issue, Vishwas said PMO has been known to indulge in cutting Ministers to size. "May be it is involved here as well. It is hard to believe that the decision was taken without the PMO's knowledge," he claimed.
Modi, who is wanted in India, has made London his home since 2010 to avoid a probe for alleged foreign exchange regulation violations in the T20 cricket tournament held in South Africa in 2009. The previous UPA government had revoked his passport and had pressed for his extradition.