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(With inputs from agencies)

NEW DELHI: A fierce war of words played out in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday with a combative BJP government matching Congress's aggression in the House and ruled out Sushma Swaraj 's resignation.External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj led the government attack with a strong rebuttal of all charges against her over helping former IPL chief Lalit Modi .Unleashing a fierce counterattack, Sushma Swaraj accused Congress of helping Bofors-accused Ottavio Quattrocchi and Bhopal gas leak accused Warren Anderson flee from India and roped in Rajiv Gandhi in this regard.But, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi rejected her spirited defence and trained his guns at Prime Minister Modi and questioning his "guts to face the House".Leading the Congress charge in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi said his party would not keep quiet on the issue of corruption."(Narendra) Modi had promised the nation that Rs.15 lakh black money would come back into every bank account. He had also promised that he will not allow corruption. He has failed in both," Rahul said during the debate on the Lalit Modi issue."The IPL is the epicentre of black money and Lalit Modi is the symbol of black money in this country," he said.Reveal money received for helping LaMo: Rahul Gandhi to Sushma SwarajRahul Gandhi should worry about Robert Vadra: Lalit ModiHouse will function once Sushma Swaraj answers questions: Rahul GandhiFinance minister Arun Jaitley and parliamentary affairs minister Venkaiah Naidu continued from where Sushma left and teared into Congress's defence.Arun Jaitley slammed Congress for disrupting House and making a mountain of what was "not even a molehill".Mocking Rahul Gandhi, Jaitley called him "an expert without knowledge".He went on to say that UPA ran a failed and corrupt government.Jaitley accused the Congress of "empty slogans" on the Lalit Modi issue and said the government rejects the party's allegations concerning external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj."They could not rise above empty slogans. They could not give any logical arguments," Jaitley said in his reply to the adjournment motion on the Lalit Modi issue in the Lok Sabha."The government entirely rejects the allegations. The question of Sushma ji's resignation does not arise," he said.