Defending External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Vasundhara Raje respectively, he said, BJP had made it 'very clear' that they "are not guilty" of any offences.
"Swaraj had helped an Indian citizen suffering from cancer," he told reporters at the airport here on the controversy surrounding her help to former IPL boss Lalit Modi, currently staying in London, acquire travel papers for his wife's medical treatment.
"They don't want to participate in Parliament proceedings to deliberate issues. They don't want to take up prevailing issues where certain bills that are in the interest of the national interest have to be passed," Gowda charged.
Congress was stalling Parliament since "they have no issue and this is not in the interest of the democracy of the country," he charged.
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