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Sushma to Rahul: Read your family history, ask Sonia about Quattrocchi & Anderson

By FnF Correspondent | PUBLISHED: 12, Aug 2015, 17:51 pm IST | UPDATED: 12, Aug 2015, 17:59 pm IST

Sushma to Rahul: Read your family history, ask Sonia about Quattrocchi & Anderson New Delhi: Reiterating her stand that she has "done no wrong", External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday said, "Rahul Gandhi accuses me of hiding things. I didn't hide anything. If something was hidden, it was Quattrocchi and Anderson at the time of Congress."

Directly targeting Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi Swaraj said, "I want to tell Rahul Gandhi that he loves taking holidays...next time he decides to take a holiday, he should read his family history. Then he should come back and ask his mother (Sonia Gandhi), how much did his family earn from the Quattrocchi scam and why his dad (Rajiv Gandhi) let Anderson go."

During a debate in Lok Sabha on the Lalit Modi controversy, Swaraj denied any conflict of interest. "There's no conflict of interest. My husband wasn't the lawyer in the passport case of Lalit Modi. My daughter was the junior at 9th number in the case. She did not receive any money from Lalit Modi for the case," Swaraj said.

Attacking Congress, Swaraj said, "Conflict of interest is when P Chidambaram is FM and his wife Nalini Chidambaram takes Rs 1 crore for the Sarada scam case." Slamming Congress' Mallikarjun Kharge, Swaraj questioned, "He (Mallikarjun) said I admitted my fault. Honorable speaker, what I said was if helping a woman suffering from cancer who's an Indian citizen is a fault, then I accept my fault; Does Mallikarjun Kharge ji consider it as admission of guilt?"

"I have a right to put forward my view. I expect opposition to listen to me. I repeat, I have not done any wrong," Swaraj said.

Signs of a thaw emerged in Lok Sabha with the government accepting Opposition demand to discuss an adjournment motion on External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's alleged role in Lalit Modi controversy.

Swaraj herself requested Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to accept the Opposition demand soon after the House assembled for the day, the penultimate day of the Monsoon Session which has remained stalled over Congress protests on the Lalit Modi and Vyapam issues.

The External Affairs Minister's request prompted Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu to tell the House that the government was ready to discuss the issue under an adjournment motion, a matter which was not acceptable to it so far.