Page 5 - Lalit Modi

Helping Lalit Modi is legally, morally wrong: BJP MP R K Singh

BJP MP R K Singh today struck a discordant note over party leaders Sushma Swaraj and Vasundhara Raje extending help to former IPL boss Lalit Modi, saying "any help to a fugitive is legally and morally wrong". He urged the government to take all measures to bring him back to India to face the law. Singh's strong comments are the first public criticism by a ruling party MP against the help extended to Lalit Modi by External Affairs Minister Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief Minister Raje, an issue which has snowballed into a major political storm for the Narendra Modi government even though BJP has defended both the leaders. "If anybody helps a 'bhagoda' (fugitive), it is wrong. This is wrong legally as well as morally. If anybody meets a fugitive, it is absolutely wrong. Whosoever has helped him, I think it is completely wrong," Singh, a former Home Secretary, told reporters here. He said Lalit Modi had been evading judicial warrants and summons and he was clearly a fugitive and any help .

Congress demands SIT probe on Lalit Modi controversy

Congress leader Anand Sharma on Sunday alleged that there is a protection being given to former IPL chairman Lalit Modi and demand that a SIT probe monitored by the Supreme Court must be done into the entire episode so that the people are made accountable.Sharma, who was commenting on reports that the government has sought a report from Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria over his meeting with Lalit Modi, said that there cannot be double standards or double yardsticks at all."The Prime Minister by his silence cannot expect that this issue will die down. It is not a question of the Commissioner of Police of Mumbai, here we are talking of the External Affairs Minister, here we are also talking about the Chief Minister of Rajasthan; those who felicitated the issuance of travel documents have committed gross impropriety," he told the media here.The Mumbai Police Commissioner had earlier confirmed that he had met Lalit Modi in London last year.In a statement issued by the office of the

Fadnavis seeks info from Rakesh Maria on his meeting with Lalit Modi

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria has been asked to provide "information" on his statement regarding his meeting with tainted ex-IPL boss Lalit Modi in London

Lalit Modi used British royal names for travel papers

Tainted former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi invoked the names of British royalty, including Prince Charles and his brother Andrew, while seeking his travel papers from the UK Home Office

Raje is 'Jhansi ki Rani', will sail through Lalitgate: Swamy

BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today extended his support to Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, who is embroiled in the Lalitgate row, calling her 'Jhansi ki Rani' and "capable of sailing through any controversy on her own". "Raje is Jhansi ki Rani, who has the capability to protect herself from any odd and if the need arises, I would help her," he said, while comparing the minister to the popular freedom fighter. Responding to questions on why no party leader has so far issued any statement in the Chief Minister's support like in the case of Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, who is also facing allegations pertaining to Lalit Modi, the leader said, "I know her (Raje). She is capable of protecting herself very well. She does not need the support of any party cadre. "What Raje did was just a small favour to an old friend on humanitarian ground, which was not a crime," he said. When questioned about allegations on Jhalawar MP and Raje's son Dushyant Singh for illegal transactions,

Sushma Swaraj maintains silence on Lalit Gate

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj maintained silence and refused to offer any comment on resignation speculations or the Lalit Modi issue on Friday

Why govt not making any efforts to bring Lalit back, asks Congress

Unrelenting in its attack over the Lalitgate controversy, Congress today wondered why the government was not making any efforts to bring former IPL boss Lalit Modi back to India.

PM busy with yoga as noise over 'scam' grows

Apart from yoga, a campaign on Incredible India is what's keeping Prime Minister Narendra Modi engaged

Lalit committed offences during Congress rule, but no action was taken: Govt

Government today sought to drag Congress into the controversy raging over some of its key leaders' questionable links with Lalit Modi, saying the former IPL boss committed all offences during the UPA rule but it took no action against him. While Law Minister Sadanand Gowda attacked Congress alleging the UPA government did not take any action against Modi, his cabinet colleague Rajiv Pratap Rudy dismissed the demand of resignation of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje. "They (Congress) have lost their base across the country. They are searching for some issue but they are not getting any issue. During their regime everything has happened. Why did they not take any action against Lalit Modi? Why did they not bring him back to India? What had refrained them (from doing so)?" Gowda asked. He insisted that Swaraj supported Modi, accused of laundering money to the tune of over Rs 700 crore, due to "humanitarian concern" over the health of

Lalitgate: Congress questions PM's silence, says he too is liable

Congress today attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his "silence" on the Lalitgate, saying he should come out of his 'meditation' and answer the nation as he too is "liable".

Had met Lalit Modi in London, asked him to return and face the law: Sharad Pawar

Lalit Modi, former IPL chief, feared there was a risk to his life based on a Mumbai police report

Release letter UPA wrote to chancellor Osborne on Lalit Modi issue: Chidambaram

Poses seven questions for Centre to answer on Lalit Modi visa row

Congress' multi-pronged attack on Swaraj, Raje

Government cautious on defending the Rajasthan CM

Lalit Modi quits as Godfrey director

Steps down from post after disqualification for not attending any board meeting in last 12 months

Swaraj just made a 'compassionate intervention': Prasad

Telecom Minister said: 'As regards to the Rajasthan issue, the details will have to be enquired into. The details will have to be taken'

Cong links Rajasthan govt's MoU with Portugal to Lalit Modi case

'Lalit Modi's visit to the Portuguese organisation and the BJP govt's MoU with it barely 2 months later are correlated'

Govt should ensure Lalit Modi returns to face probe: Chidambaram

Congress leader asks the govt to release the letters exchanged between him as Finance Minister and the Chancellor of Exchequer George Osborne

Facts in Lalit Modi case point to nepotism: Chidambaram

Former finance minister questions Sushma Swaraj's approach and demands all correspondence with UK on the issue be made public

Lalit Modi partying at foreign locales: Report

While External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said she helped former IPL chief Lalit Modi on "humanitarian grounds" to attend to his wife who was undergoing treatment for cancer in Lisbon last year, Huffington Post India said the travel document was issued till 2016, and Modi was seen partying with celebrities like Naomi Campbell and Paris Hilton in foreign locales.

Sushma Swaraj under attack for helping Lalit Modi

Leaked emails revealed British MP Keith Vaz, with the support of Sushma Swaraj, helped arrange travel documents for Lalit Modi to visit his ailing wife in Portugal in mid-2014