Lalit Modi visa row: Space shrinks for Sushma in BJP

June 16, 2015 09:03

Mail Today reports: Sushma Swaraj is on slippery ground. BJP insiders have told Mail Today, on condition of anonymity, that there is a growing sense of damage from the Lalit Modi episode, coming as it did before the monsoon session in Parliament and the Bihar polls.

Though the government and the saffron party might have publicly supported Sushma, the space seems to be shrinking for India's external affairs minister as the Enforcement Directorate moves to tighten its noose around former IPL chairman Lalit Modi.

"PM Narendra Modi has always talked about transparency in the government. Given the fact that he had extensively raised the issue of corruption of the previous UPA regime during his poll campaigns, it would be difficult to go on the defensive," said a top BJP leader.

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