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Sushma helped get UK travel papers for Lalit Modi

Irony isn't lost as PM, Shah defend Sushma

Heavy security deployment outside EAM Sushma Swaraj's residence in Delhi. pic.twitter.com/Sp20Sr2IGl — ANI (@ANI_news) June 15, 2015

NEW DELHI: A day after Sushma Swaraj admitted that she had helped scam-tainted former IPL chief Lalit Modi to obtain British travel documents, demands grew for her resignation.Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan on Monday called for Sushma Swaraj's resignation while also urging the authorities to look into the creation of a 'conflict of interest' law."Sushma Swaraj interceded with the British government at a time when her daughter was Lalit Modi 's lawyer," Bhushan said."This was, in my view, totally inappropriate. And, in fact there should be conflict of interest laws in this country which make it a offence for a person who is a public servant to do an official act in favour of a person from whom you or your family are receiving any benefit. Since her daughter was receiving some fees from him, therefore, it was inappropriate for her to act in her official capacity on his behalf," Bhushan added.Congress leader PL Punia said that "the way Sushma Swaraj has gone about the issue, it has not been in national interest".Meanwhile, fearing protests, Delhi Police have beefed up security outside Sushma Swaraj 's residence in Delhi.The genesis of the controversy was disclosure of emails showing that she had spoken to Indian-origin British MP Keith Vaz and its High Commissioner here James Bevan favouring the grant of travel documents to Lalit Modi to go to Portugal, purportedly for his wife's cancer treatment in June last year.Modi, who is wanted in India, has made London his home since 2010 to avoid a probe for alleged foreign exchange regulation violations in the T20 cricket tournament held in South Africa in 2009. The previous UPA government had revoked his passport and had pressed for his extradition.According to British media which quoted leaked emails, Vaz cited Swaraj's name to put pressure on UK's top immigration official to grant British travel papers to Lalit Modi, who subsequently got the documents in less than 24 hours.Vaz also offered to help Swaraj's nephew Jyotirmay Kaushal to apply for a British law degree course, the report said.After the reports surfaced, 63-year-old Swaraj said in a series of tweets that she had taken a "humanitarian view" and conveyed to the British High Commissioner that they should examine Modi's request as per their rules and "if the British government chooses to give travel documents to Lalit Modi — that will not spoil our bilateral relations".Facing opposition attack, Swaraj said, "What benefit did I pass on to Lalit Modi — that he could sign consent papers for surgery of his wife suffering from Cancer?... He was in London. After his wife's surgery, he came back to London. What is it that I changed?"She also reportedly spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi explaining her position on the issue.(With inputs from agencies)