The Opposition on Thursday demanded answers from the Narendra Modi government after several media outlets said diamond merchant Nirav Modi was not in India. The Congress said it will hold a press conference on the issue at 2 pm.
The Congress party, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Communist Party of India (Marxist) chief Sitaram Yechury insinuated that the Narendra Modi government helped Nirav Modi escape Indian law, just as former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi and industrialist Vijay Mallya were helped.
The Nirav Modi controversy comes at an inopportune time for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The

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