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Sonia Gandhi, Rahul slam Indian FM over helping fugitive ex-cricket boss

Xinhua, August 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

India's main opposition Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi Friday slammed External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj over her explanation on helping the country's tainted former cricket boss Lalit Modi, now a fugitive in London.

"Sushma Swaraj is an expert in theatrics," Sonia Gandhi told the media in the national capital.

The external affairs minister told parliament Thursday that she provided assistance "on humanitarian grounds" for Lalit Modi's wife, who is suffering from cancer, and also asked "what would Sonia Gandhi have done in my place?"

Sonia Gandhi responded: "I would have helped but without breaking the law."

Her son Rahul Gandhi and the second-in-command of Congress party added: "Sushma Swaraj's family has received money from Lalit Modi."

The Congress party has been demanding the minister's resignation over her help to Lalit Modi, who is accused of money laundering and fled to Britain in 2010, disrupting parliament proceedings since the monsoon session began last month. Endi