Mumbai: At a time when External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is under increasing attack from the Opposition over her alleged involvement in facilitating travel documents for former IPL chief  Lalit Modi, NDA constituent Shiv Sena has come out in full support of the firebrand BJP leader.


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Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena on Tuesday extended its full support to Swaraj and alleged that the Opposition attack on the minister is a conspiracy to defame and destabilise the Narendra Modi government.


The party, in an editorial in party mouthpiece ''Saamana,'' alleged that a dangerous game of targeting and destabilising the government and the Foreign Ministry is being played by the Opposition.


The Saamana editorial also urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and order probe to determine who was making attempts to sully the image of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.


Referring to PM Modi, the Saamana editorial said that the Prime Minister may find himself in the same position as Swaraj does today, hinting that other "intelligent ministers" of the NDA govt may also be targeted by the Opposition.


The Shiv Sena editorial also referred to past instances of Opposition attack on Home Minister Rajnath Singh over a controversy involving his son and Nitin Gadkari over Purti group of companies to back its claims.


The support from Shiv Sena came a day after the Congress went all out against Swaraj and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Lalit Modi visa row. Addressing a press conference on the issue on Monday, the Congress questioned PM Modi’s "conduct" in the issue and his "relationship with Lalit Modi".


Earlier on Monday, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut met Swaraj and expressed his party's solidarity. Raut also alleged that the Opposition was seeking to turn a "non-issue into an issue".


"The way the External Affairs Ministry had performed under Swaraj, it has become a strong pillar of the Modi government. So she is being targeted to weaken the government and destabilise it," Raut said, adding that the Prime Minister should see through the game.