On Jun 15, 2015, at 5:57 AM, Gabe Menezes <[email protected]> wrote: "Sushma Swaraj has been asserting that she had done no wrong in facilitating Lalit Modi <http://indianexpress.com/tag/lalit-modi/>’s travel documents from the UK and only acted on “humanitarian” grounds. While a legal row over Modi’s travel documents was raging in India, Sushma’s daughter Bansuri was consistently appearing on Modi’s behalf in Delhi High Court
COMMENT: Personally, AS LONG AS there was NO Quid pro Quo, I see NO wrong in One Person helping Another Person for whatever reason. I wish more folks would do that. That being said, and with the sketchy and confusing reporting in the Nooj Papers, a few points and questions arise.....especially with the explanations: 1: it appears that Lalit Modi was in the UK. IF his passport was revoked (temp or not), was he Stateless while in the UK?......or was he accorded Permanent Status (without a passport) ? 2: Why the surgery in Portugal? Is that the centre for Ca surgery in Europe? Without taking away her right to have treatment wherever she wishes, Could she not have that surgery done in the UK or India? 3: The two parts which raise questions in my very simple mind (a) WHY would the husband need to sign consent for surgery on an Adult wife with Mental Capacity? (b) Does the UK provide Travel Documents to nonUK nationals? 4: While I understand Vaz's constituency in Leicester being substatially Gujrati, and while I can understand Ms Swaraj's Ingraji "I TOLD Mr. Vaz" to mean ' I REQUESTED Mr. Vaz', i thought to myself .......Not Again Mr. Vaz .....Not after the Hinduja thing. 5: But then, there might be Facts which are NOT in the public domain yet AND Loopholes in UK nationality act that many among us ( me included ) do not know about. 6: Fortunately, neither my family nor I need ( and hopefully will never need ) Mr. Vaz's intervention. To that end, I sincerely Thank Salazar and Nehru. jc
