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Rahul Gandhi expert without knowledge:Jaitley

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Rahul Gandhi expert without knowledge:Jaitley
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  • Finance minister opens broadside against Gandhis.
  • Jaitley says no reason for Sushma to resign
  • UPA dealt with Lalit Modi softly
  • UPA didn't tackle case properly
  • UPA did nothing to bring LAMO back
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday ruled out the resignation of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj over the Lalit Modi issue and hit out at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, saying he was an expert without knowledge. In a strong counter-attack on the Congress, Jaitley said former IPL chief Lalit Modi was largely being probed by the UPA under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), which had far softer provisions compared to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Without naming Lalit Modi, Jaitley said the Enforcement Directorate served him notice over the money spent on the Indian Premier League held in 2009 in South Africa as financial transactions took place without permission of the Reserve Bank of India. He said Lalit Modi did not appear before the ED for investigations and a light-blue lookout notice was issued against him. Jaitley said an FIR was registered against Lalit Modi under the PMLA in 2012 but the case did not take off and the former IPL chief became liable for arrest only after concrete steps were taken by the BJP-led government. "He became liable for arrest for the first time on August 5, 2015," Jaitley said.-
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