PM Modi Govt. caught red handed in Lalit Modi row: Pramod Tiwari

Congress leader Pramod Tiwari on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA Government has been caught 'red handed' in the ongoing Lalit Modi row, adding that the Prime Minister should sack External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and explain to the nation about the entire fiasco.

"Now that the BJP has been caught red handed, the entire government is trying to defend...On one hand Prime Minister says that he will bring back black money stashed abroad and on the other his government is helping a person who took black money abroad. Isn't it a contradiction," Tiwari told ANI.

"Why is big Modi ji favouring small Modi ji? Sushma ji alone cannot do it, the entire BJP government has collective helped a wanted fugitive. They have been caught red handed. BJP has no option but to sack Sushma Swaraj and Prime Minister should explain to the nation about this," he added.

The Congress has been relentless in its attack on the BJP after Sushma Swaraj had on Sunday said she had taken a humanitarian view of Lalit Modi's case since his wife was suffering from cancer.

She further said that British MP Keith Vaz had spoken to her on the same, adding she believes that giving an Indian citizen 'emergency travel documents' cannot spoil relations between India and the UK.

Vaz, who is facing an inquiry in the UK over the role he played in Modi receiving his travel papers, said that he had checked with the Indian Government before taking any action and added that he had received a 'no objection' from New Delhi.