Question Hour: Rahul Gandhi vs Sushma Swaraj

Congress campaign for resignation of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in Parliament today came to a naught as the minister made a spirited defence and was backed by the government, which said a “mountain was made out of what was not even a mole hill”. Lok Sabha, on the penultimate day of the Monsoon session which has been virtually washed out, took up a discussion on Lalit Modi issue and saw spirited arguments and counter arguments between treasury and opposition benches. Congress, which had moved the Adjournment Motion for the discussion, rubbished Swaraj’s argument that she had helped Lalit Modi on “humanitarian” grounds, with Rahul questioning as to how much money the minister had received in lieu.