BJP leader's question on Sushma raises eyebrows

June 15, 2015 21:46

Murmurs within the Bharatiya Janata Party over the row involving Sushma Swaraj came into the open with a party MP from Bihar asking Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for his opinion on what he thought of probing those who had approved the holding of IPL tournament in South Africa in 2009.

"@LalitKModi being probed by #ED. Who were the members of #BCCI #EC who approved #IPL in #SA, Should they not be probed? What say @arunjaitley," said Kirti Azad in a tweet as the controversy raged over External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj helping Lalit Modi, former IPL Commissioner, in getting him travel documents.

Even as the top party leadership and Government stood strongly behind Swaraj in the controversy, a tweet by the former cricketer-turned MP about the 'snake in the grass' created flutters.

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