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Congress leader wanted me to help scam accused: Sushma
New Delhi, July 22
External Affairs Minister
Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday said a senior Congress leader had pressed her
hard to give diplomatic passport to a scam accused Congress leader.
"A
senior congress leader was pressing me hard to give diplomatic passport
to the coal scam accused Santosh Bagrodia," Swaraj Swaraj tweeted,
hours before the second day of monsoon session in parliament.
The
development comes a day after she had offered to give a statement in
parliament about Congress' allegations over her links with former IPL
chief Lalit Modi.
She also said she will disclose the name of the Congress leader in parliament.
"I will disclose the name of the leader on the floor of the house," she said in another tweet.
Congress had demanded her resignation, even after she had offered to give a statement in the house.