​Sushma Swaraj knew what she’s doing and offered resignation a week back

Assuming the depth of the case and its reverberation in media, External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj had offered to resign almost a week back, as per the sources of IANS. The controversy that broke out recently , involving Swaraj to help the former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi in getting the travel documents on "humanitarian ground".

However, Swaraj’s resignation was rejected on the intervention of the RSS.

They said at the meeting Sushma Swaraj clarified her stand on the issue and said she was ready to resign as she did not want the government to face any embarrassment. But RSS functionaries stopped her, saying she has done nothing wrong, the sources told the IANS.

The RSS functionaries also said that Sushma Swaraj had made it clear in her communication that any help rendered by the British authorities to Lalit Modi should be subject to their rules.

According to sources, the meeting chalked out strategy to defend Sushma Swaraj.

As part of the strategy, Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and RSS leader Indresh Kumar came out in support of Sushma Swaraj on Sunday.

The controversy, which first appeared in a British newspaper, went on to dominate Indian news channels from Sunday.

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