NDA not acting against Sushma Swaraj, Vasundhara Raje: Congress mouthpiece

NEW DELHI: 'Saal ek, scam anek (one year, many scams)' is how Congress mouthpiece described the NDA government today as it insisted there was an "open and shut" case against Union Minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje in the Lalit Modi row and demanded that they quit.

Taking on the BJP, it said the saffron party obstructed Parliament's functioning and shouted itself hoarse against "false cases" of corruption involving UPA ministers when it was in opposition but has kept quiet now after its senior leaders were found "abetting a fugitive".

"They (BJP) would settle for nothing less than the resignation of UPA ministers to allow the country to function. In the matters related to Swaraj, Raje and Dushyant Singh (Raje's son), there are open and shut cases of violations of protocol and aiding and abetting the case of a fugitive.

"Favours were taken from this person (Lalit Modi) and there are proven financial dealings between Singh and this fugitive. The Congress party demands that the BJP should waste no further time and dismiss these people from office," party's mouthpiece Sandesh said in an editorial.

The party also took to twitter to attack the government. "Saal ek scam anek," it tweeted, taking a dig.

The party's periodical charged the BJP with not doing what is right and instead of "pouncing" on Congress leaders to divert attention.

The government is answerable for the acts of their ministers and leaders and has to initiate action against them for their acts of violating laws, it said. "They cannot keep on hiding behind fig leaves."