Angry Sushma responds to tweet on daughter

June 17, 2015 16:02

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, battling allegations of helping controversial former IPL chief Lalit Modi obtain travel documents in UK, today reacted angrily to a tweet suggesting she took favours to get her daughter a seat in a medical college.

Swaraj was responding to a tweet from the handle @pakoed, which said, "Sushma is no stranger to taking and giving favours! Her daughter studied through NorthEast quota in medical college."

In response, Swaraj tweeted: "My daughter is a Barrister and Oxford graduate. What you say is absolutely false. @pakaoed"

The handle @pakaoed was deleted, though its tweet was retweeted by others.

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